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rising action

American  
[rahy-zing ak-shuhn] / ˈraɪ zɪŋ ˈæk ʃən /

noun

rising actions plural
  1. a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.


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“The most promising option I can think of, as I mentioned earlier, would be for OpenAI to attach to Tesla as its cash cow,” Musk said in an email published by OpenAI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The most promising option so far is biocementation.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

“Based on most of the evidence that we’ve seen so far, electrification looks to be an extremely promising option for most of those situations.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023

So recalling Santos is not a promising option, even if it were legal.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023

Teller believed a promising option to fuel a Super bomb would be to use tritium, a superheavy isotope of hydrogen.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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