peaks

Example Sentences

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In the communities nearby - bare homes scattered over barren, brown hills, set against the snowy peaks of the Siah Koh mountain range - the devastating impact of unemployment is clear.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

U.S. fuel prices are still lower than their 2022 peaks, and consumers spend a smaller share of their income at the pump than in decades past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

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

Maybe they weren’t as tall as the skyscrapers Gregor knew by name, but they towered high above his head, some at least thirty stories and finished in artful peaks and turrets.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins