peaking

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The cost of a barrel of West Texas crude has fallen 19% to around $90 since peaking at nearly $113 in early April.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

After peaking at 4.5% in November, unemployment has ticked down only slightly over the past six months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Although several players have attributed their on-court struggles to the unseasonably hot conditions in Paris, with temperatures peaking around 34C, Sinner downplayed the impact.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

"Widespread tropical nights" are also forecast in southwestern Spain from Wednesday, with temperatures peaking from Wednesday to Friday at between 36C and 38C, it wrote on X.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, the amount of money involved in mergers and acquisitions every year on Wall Street increased 2,000 percent, peaking at almost a quarter of a trillion dollars.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell