peak
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The index hit its 20-year peak P/E of 24.31 in September 2020.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
At its peak, the fund controlled some $100 billion in assets, supercharged by enormous sums Aschenbrenner borrowed from banks to magnify his AI stock bets, from semiconductors to software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
At his peak, he could intimidate established incumbents into retiring.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Around 24,000 were still under evacuation orders on Monday, officials said, down from over 40,000 at its peak.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
We didn’t know it then, but the civil rights movement was nearing its peak.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Even in a bull case where the vaccine peaks at $10 billion in annual sales for the partnership, that could support roughly $40 billion in added market value for the two companies combined, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Guardian shows Team GB athlete Morgan Lake seeking shade from the heat under an umbrella during the European Athletics Championship in Birmingham above an article headlined on temperatures hitting 38.1C "as fifth heatwave peaks".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the San Francisco Bay Area, where sea levels have risen over the last century, notable peaks have been observed during the El Niño seasons of 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2023-24, according to Merrifield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
In coherent light, the waves remain synchronized so that their peaks and valleys follow a predictable pattern.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
He stood at their very roots: craning his neck at vast, swooping ice-faces, at black peaks that pierced the clouds.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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