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denouement

[day-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

With lifelike features, including muscles and veins, it’s finer aesthetically but less distinctive than earlier pieces, and suggests the denouement of their separate culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 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

The quick denouement extended a period of calm in which the U.S. has stopped its strikes and few Iranian drones or missiles have fallen on the Gulf since Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Even Ernest seemed terrified of the plan’s inevitable denouement.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

Always eager to lift up even garbage such as this to the higher level of dramatic denouements, by giving undue prominence to the unreliable froth and effervescence of irresponsible and excitable cranks.

From Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study by Arthur Glyn Leonard


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