at the height of
idiom
: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)
He was at the height of his fame when he died.
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According to a recent Reuters story, Pernod pointed at retailers cutting high-end spirits from their inventories, which sold well at the height of the Covid pandemic but have declined as things began to normalize.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
That goes down to the details, like how the light wooden bar sits at the height of a standard kitchen counter with a blue-tile backsplash.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
Before 2022, the highest percentage mentioning inflation was 18% in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 May 2024
The doctor then called the hospital, securing a bed for Grayson at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
Officials also urged Congress to create permanent health insurance subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, extending subsidies that became more generous at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give cancer patients an affordable health insurance alternative to employer plans.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
On October 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, confronted his Soviet counterpart, Valerian Zorin, in the chamber of the Security Council.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In November 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, former TV executive Phyllis Gottlieb walked into the Hollywood LAPD station to report that Moonves had assaulted her in the 1980s.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
A lot of tasks are at the height of a human standing, right?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 May 2024
That goes down to the details, like how the light wooden bar sits at the height of a standard kitchen counter with a blue-tile backsplash.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2024
Before 2022, the highest percentage mentioning inflation was 18% in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 May 2024
The doctor then called the hospital, securing a bed for Grayson at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
Officials also urged Congress to create permanent health insurance subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, extending subsidies that became more generous at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give cancer patients an affordable health insurance alternative to employer plans.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
On October 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, confronted his Soviet counterpart, Valerian Zorin, in the chamber of the Security Council.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In November 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, former TV executive Phyllis Gottlieb walked into the Hollywood LAPD station to report that Moonves had assaulted her in the 1980s.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
A lot of tasks are at the height of a human standing, right?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
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