At the height of Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster

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The only larger bank failure in U.S. history was Washington Mutual, which collapsed at the height of the 2008 financial crisis and was also taken over by JPMorgan in a similar government-orchestrated deal.

Ken Sweet, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023

The only larger bank failure was Washington Mutual, which collapsed at the height of the 2008 financial crisis and was also taken over by JPMorgan.

Ken Sweet, Fortune, 1 May 2023

That’s more than the $526 billion, when adjusted for inflation, held by the 25 banks that collapsed in 2008 at the height of the global financial crisis.

Christine Zhang, New York Times, 1 May 2023

That seemed logical, judging by my skin color, which at the height of summer was no darker than caramel.

Sarah Enelow-snyder, Washington Post, 1 May 2023

According to the report, there were an average of seven cases during 2020 and 2021, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teddy Grant, ABC News, 1 May 2023

In 2020, for example, at the height of Black Lives Matter protests nationwide, YouTube left up videos showing the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023

The two women are not only friends, but Zoë and Taylor created a quarantine pod together at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023

Following months of gangbusters streaming video service growth when people were on lockdown in their homes at the height of the pandemic, have been dealing with subscriber declines, leading to rethinking and reworking business models.

Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

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