height
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During the height of the blaze, it took 40 minutes to refill its water carrier due to reduced pressure - and crews had to rely on an additional high-volume pump for water supply.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The pace undershot the 0.6% growth in the population for the time of year during the height of the pandemic, between July 1, 2020, and the same date a year later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Vertical wind shear refers to changes in wind speed or direction with height.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
“He’s in the worst part of the height-velocity curve,” Cress said, referring to a chart referenced by helicopter pilots that tracks height and air speed for safe flight conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nighthand rose up, looming at his full height.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
I wanted to find out if the conspiracy theory’s originator had known what they were doing, if they now felt delight at the heights their creation had reached.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Buffett, in one of his last messages to stockholders as CEO, praised them to the heights, saying they were high-quality businesses, very good value and Berkshire-like in their capital discipline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
But in a rare GQ profile ahead of his much-anticipated new film, “Digger,” Cruise’s zeal reaches heights even the intrepid actor might think twice about parachuting from.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Jets' draft and John Harbaugh going to the Giants should mean they could rise to the heady heights of being mediocre.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I look at Grandma, and she, too, isn’t the least bit concerned about the heights that the kids are reaching.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing height
Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry - Middle School
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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