at the height of
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: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)
He was at the height of his fame when he died.
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As for Ingram, the ad in question is a GoFundMe page created more than four years ago, at the height of the pandemic.
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Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
But in June 2020, at the height of the pandemic, KLM canceled the flight.
—Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Though that’s an improvement of the 15-year-low of 2% set in 2022 at the height of the inflation bout, the savings rate never dipped below 5% from 2014 to 2021.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Officials in Naga city, where 11 people died by drowning, and the outlying provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay pleaded for more rescue boats at the height of the onslaught to reach people trapped on the upper floors of their homes or on their roofs as floodwaters rose.
—Jim Gomez and Hau Dinh, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
But in June 2020, at the height of the pandemic, KLM canceled the flight.
—Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Though that’s an improvement of the 15-year-low of 2% set in 2022 at the height of the inflation bout, the savings rate never dipped below 5% from 2014 to 2021.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Officials in Naga city, where 11 people died by drowning, and the outlying provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay pleaded for more rescue boats at the height of the onslaught to reach people trapped on the upper floors of their homes or on their roofs as floodwaters rose.
—Jim Gomez and Hau Dinh, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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“At the height of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20height%20of. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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