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denouement

[dey-noo-mahn] / ˌdeɪ nuˈmɑ̃ /


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How Scotland, and other parts of the world, became entranced by the fairytale only for the reality of sport's essential brutality to hit them square between the eyes at Celtic Park on denouement day.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

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

But that denouement is but a footnote to their much more significant collaboration in the years of the American crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 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

Finally the score was tied nine to nine, and the family on the sidelines readied themselves for a denouement.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

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

I laughed myself through to the blackest of denouements and beyond.

From The Guardian Apr. 6, 2013

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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