peaks
Example Sentences
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Smoking rates plummeted from their mid-20th-century peaks because “whole groups of people were quitting in concert.”
From Slate • May 15, 2026
One of the best known active asteroids is 3200 Phaethon, the source of the Geminid meteor shower that peaks every December.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The symmetry of all three reaching new peaks over the past six months, however, can’t go unnoticed in a market that has ridden the AI investment wave to historic heights over the past six weeks.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
The youngster now hopes to climb the tallest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in less than 24 hours to raise money for Holywell Town FC.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“High peaks, impassable cliffs, steep snow-slopes, and sharply descending glaciers could be seen in all directions, with stretches of snow-plain overlaying the ice sheet of the interior.”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
