the top of the heap
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I was at the top of the heap in the movie business and still felt that I was watching from a folding chair in Wassenaar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Palo Alto and CrowdStrike sit at the top of the heap — a heap that includes many smaller players, not all of which can survive on their own.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
There is good reason why the Crosstrek is near the top of the heap of the brand’s bestsellers: It is a serious value, uncomplicated in its operation, impressively functional, and yet, quite comfortable.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
By 1998, a formally attired Adams was in a Pasadena, Calif., ballroom at the top of the heap, picking up the National Cartoonists Society’s esteemed Reuben Award as outstanding cartoonist.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
And there, upside down and half-sunk at the top of the heap … was that the sailboat she’d been on?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
