climaxing

present participle of climax
as in culminating
to bring to a triumphant conclusion organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest

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Recent Examples of climaxing Bloody, disturbing, shocking, and entertaining as hell, the Ghost Ship opening couldn’t be any more different from the absolute slog that follows it, climaxing on a muddled and overly complicated ending. Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026 The film’s first 40 minutes brings what feels like a continuous cut of increasingly bloody action, climaxing in the leveling of an entire town. Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2026 At one point, the script prominently featured Hobbs, with the story climaxing in the destruction of Rio. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2025 Chaining together standard and heavy blows with acrobatic spins, slips, and dives is fluid and intuitive — leaving combat feeling like an ever-climaxing dance of death that often ends with insta-kill execution moves. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 The climaxing backlash has led brands and industry associations to pressure domestic policymakers to come to the rescue and define nationwide auditing standards and regulation protocols promoted by the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • During the final half-hour, Leeds stepped off and Newcastle had their best spell, culminating in Bazoumana Toure scoring his first Premier League goal, though by then the game had long been lost.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The conspiracy stretched from South Florida to Colombia and Haiti before culminating in Moïse’s brutal killing on July 7, 2021, after a squad of Colombian commandos stormed his house accompanied by two Haitian Americans from South Florida.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • According to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, a person convicted of a felony is not eligible to run for a state office after finishing a sentence.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The top four advance directly to the quarterfinals and the clubs finishing between fifth and 12th compete in knockout phase playoffs in February.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
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  • A week after completing zero passes that traveled more than 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, Mahomes found daylight everywhere.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But the intermediate passing game was nonexistent; Willis didn’t complete either of his passes that traveled between 10 and 19 yards after completing 6 of 11 such throws in the opener.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Climaxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climaxing. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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