denouement
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Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
We now have a denouement at Celtic Park on Saturday, a straight shootout between leaders Hearts and chasers Celtic.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
For high-school seniors across the country, May 1 is the denouement of a college admissions chess game that has become more complicated than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The novel’s satisfying denouement is assured when a disgraced former colleague of Ben’s, gloriously named Richard Take, accepts the proverbial dagger from Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Even Ernest seemed terrified of the plan’s inevitable denouement.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Yet despite a number of similarities, including mistakes made and disastrous denouements that spelled defeat for the U.S., each conflict had entirely different impacts on U.S. society, culture and politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Campy whodunnit Clue embraced the chaos: its 1985 cinema release randomly featured one of three different denouements to encourage repeat business.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2021
He was a student of the Tom Wolfe school of writing and favored stories with deeper meaning and surprising denouements.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
From the start Martin’s books diametrically opposed the sort of neat denouements C.S.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2019
He takes part in no actions, no drama, no entanglements, no denouements.
From Life of Chopin by Martha Elizabeth Duncan Walker Cook
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