climactic
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The climactic end to the Scottish Premiership, coupled with the summer of football and managerial upheaval that followed, has made it somewhat easy to forget that Rangers finished last term third.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
At what was to be the climactic finale of the show, however, fireworks began to take off horizontally, headed into the half-filled stands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The final season of the kitchen drama starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri prepares all the ingredients for a climactic ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
George Lucas credited her with helping make sense of the vast amount of footage filmed for the climactic Death Star battle sequence.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
On the morning of July 6, 1865, the clock began ticking on one of the most dramatic events in the history of Washington, the climactic event of the manhunt.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing climactic
The Crucible
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