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[hahyt] / haɪt /




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If sustained until close, this would be the worst one-day percentage fall for Halma’s shares since March 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The unpleasant market metaphor refers to the idea that even a lifeless feline when dropped from a height may initially ricochet off the ground.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

So some economists are starting to suspect that foreigners who dropped out of the U.S. workforce at the height of last year’s aggressive immigration enforcement are now coming back to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The batters' struggles were exemplified by a delivery from New Zealand seamer Matt Henry that barely bounced above ankle height and cannoned into the stumps, giving England's Jacob Bethell's no chance.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Had the plant been built on the hillside at its original height, the reactors would have been out of reach of the tsunami.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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