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in the thick of

phrase

as in among
in or into the middle of We're in the thick of it and it's too late to back down now.

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“In the thick of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20thick%20of. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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