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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In 2020, Chuck E. Cheese filed for bankruptcy at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that forced business to temporarily shutter.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
But because the sun is at the height of its 11-year cycle, the storm also created optimal conditions for the auroras to put on a light show for far more Americans than usual.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Four years later, in 1987, Brown was at the height of his powers in Sacramento.
—Lincoln Mitchell, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
Predictably, though, even at the height of wartime patriotism — pace Goldwyn — audiences grew weary of a cinematic diet of non-stop lectures.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
But because the sun is at the height of its 11-year cycle, the storm also created optimal conditions for the auroras to put on a light show for far more Americans than usual.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
Four years later, in 1987, Brown was at the height of his powers in Sacramento.
—Lincoln Mitchell, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
Predictably, though, even at the height of wartime patriotism — pace Goldwyn — audiences grew weary of a cinematic diet of non-stop lectures.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 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 19 Aug. 2024.
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