at the height of
idiom
: at the most advanced or extreme point of (something)
He was at the height of his fame when he died.
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The doctor then called the hospital, securing a bed for Grayson at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
Officials also urged Congress to create permanent health insurance subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, extending subsidies that became more generous at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give cancer patients an affordable health insurance alternative to employer plans.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
On October 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, confronted his Soviet counterpart, Valerian Zorin, in the chamber of the Security Council.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In November 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, former TV executive Phyllis Gottlieb walked into the Hollywood LAPD station to report that Moonves had assaulted her in the 1980s.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
A lot of tasks are at the height of a human standing, right?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
Susan Hilferty’s costumes are that of Broadway dreams, as glitzy and eye-catching as the Follies were at the height of their glory.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
But for many young people who started vaping at the height of the trend, a habit was set.
—John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Pryor is at the height of his comic powers here, as smart and mercilessly funny about issues of race as anyone has ever been.
—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
Officials also urged Congress to create permanent health insurance subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, extending subsidies that became more generous at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to give cancer patients an affordable health insurance alternative to employer plans.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
On October 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, confronted his Soviet counterpart, Valerian Zorin, in the chamber of the Security Council.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In November 2017, at the height of the #MeToo movement, former TV executive Phyllis Gottlieb walked into the Hollywood LAPD station to report that Moonves had assaulted her in the 1980s.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
A lot of tasks are at the height of a human standing, right?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
Susan Hilferty’s costumes are that of Broadway dreams, as glitzy and eye-catching as the Follies were at the height of their glory.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
But for many young people who started vaping at the height of the trend, a habit was set.
—John Daley - Colorado Public Radio, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Pryor is at the height of his comic powers here, as smart and mercilessly funny about issues of race as anyone has ever been.
—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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