in the thick of

idiom

: in the most active or intense part of (something)
a soldier in the thick of battle

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Atlanta has made the postseason each season since 2018, and it was expected to be right in the thick of things again this year. Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 The 52-year-old executive first joined the Fortune 500 business as CFO in the thick of COVID, when the business was reeling from uncertainty around those pandemic-era changes and product liabilities like opioids. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 July 2025 Von Neumann Whitman was one of the few who said, in the thick of it, the very heat of battle, say what? Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025 Despite the injuries, the Red Sox are in the thick of the race for a postseason berth. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for in the thick of

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“In the thick of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20thick%20of. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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