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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It was released at the height of the Reagan era and provoked intense critical debate.
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Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Los Blancos have been heavily criticized for not preparing for the post-Toni Kroos era, after the German shocked the soccer world and retired at the height of his powers aged just 34 while a treble-winning campaign drew to a close last spring.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The Limey Year: 1999 Run Time: 89 minutes Director: Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh was at the height of his powers with this taut crime thriller, which stars Terence Stamp as a British gangster out to avenge the death of his daughter.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Los Blancos have been heavily criticized for not preparing for the post-Toni Kroos era, after the German shocked the soccer world and retired at the height of his powers aged just 34 while a treble-winning campaign drew to a close last spring.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The Limey Year: 1999 Run Time: 89 minutes Director: Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh was at the height of his powers with this taut crime thriller, which stars Terence Stamp as a British gangster out to avenge the death of his daughter.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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