high water

Example Sentences

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It was the high water mark of their relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

In retrospect, it’s easy why pundits have pegged this conference as the high water mark for Moms for Liberty’s influence.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

Still, many neighbourhoods have been flooded, and some are now isolated from the rest of the country after roads and bridges were cut by the high water levels.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

The affected systems already had fairly high water rates before the fires based on their costs of providing service, Pierce said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

A thousand miles up from the Atlantic, the river is still so broad that at high water the other side is only a faint dark line on the horizon.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann