in the thick of
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: in the most active or intense part of (something)
a soldier in the thick of battle
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Companies like OpenAI, Google, Meta and xAI are in the thick of it, racing to produce the smartest large language model (LLM) while facing strong rivals from Asia.
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James Dinardo, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
More Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Mets are still in the thick of things, but the team has not been playing good baseball recently.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Pluto suffers from a century-long winter, and Persephone would arrive in the thick of it.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Owens was also in the middle of a special teams scrum, with Miami CB Cornell Armstrong in the thick of it.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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James Dinardo, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
More Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Mets are still in the thick of things, but the team has not been playing good baseball recently.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Pluto suffers from a century-long winter, and Persephone would arrive in the thick of it.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Owens was also in the middle of a special teams scrum, with Miami CB Cornell Armstrong in the thick of it.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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