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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peaking
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South Korea is increasing generation at its nuclear plants and speeding up maintenance at five offline reactors, with restarts planned in May.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Bolivia is low on cash after making more than $500 million in debt payments last month, increasing the urgency of reaching a deal with the International Monetary Fund.—
Sergio Mendoza,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
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Nearly every major security vendor is racing to integrate AI into its products, while startups are proliferating with similar claims about autonomous detection and response.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Images of Jenner, 70, have been proliferating across Chinese platforms such as Weibo, Xiaohongshu and Douyin, most commonly in profile pictures or wallpapers.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
5 Apr. 2026
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Even escalating tensions over the weekend didn't sour stocks too much on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average virtually unchanged and the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite down about a quarter percent each.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Like the best Marx Brothers routines, these books set up a premise that unravels, with escalating absurdity, while kid listeners are given the satisfaction of knowing more than the story’s narrators.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Israeli officials and military leaders have recently sounded the alarm over intensifying violence and lawlessness by extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank, where arsons and deadly attacks have continued unabated.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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The company has faced intensifying competition from TikTok and continues to battle longtime rivals in social media including Instagram and X, formerly Twitter.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Peaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peaking. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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