high
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Persistent areas of high pressure have allowed heat to build underneath them, and the lack of rain has allowed the ground to dry out.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He also started a social-networking company while he was in high school during the dot-com boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“That’s a story that I went through in high school.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s a consequence of being well-known and well-paid for playing a sport at a high level.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The high walls loomed ahead, the gate rang shut behind us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
After hitting record highs of more than $4.80 a gallon in April, prices had recovered to about $2.81 a gallon in early July, according to the Argus US Jet Fuel Index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Copper prices have reached record highs driven by both supply tightness and a surge in demand led by efforts to boost the build-out of AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Temperatures are unlikely to reach 30C this weekend with a more general slight fall in the highs across the UK expected.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In Ottawa, the federal capital of Canada, and Toronto, highs are expected to reach 100.4F on Tuesday, with temperatures feeling even hotter because of high humidity levels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
My highs and lows depended solely on how much attention he paid to me.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Sea-surface temperatures around the UK have been much higher than normal, with a so-called marine heatwave continuing around our shores.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
One time out of a million the press might choose to lie or cover up the truth for what it considers higher reasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
A black leather jacket sported by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sold for $960,000 at a New York auction on Friday, 16 times higher than the estimated value of $60,000, according to Sotheby's.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The company wants to wrap up the litigation by late September to avoid a higher payout to Warner Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The river kept rising, and the higher it rose and the faster it ran, the bigger the logs it brought.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
But in 2025 it had risen to the second highest, after Romania.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The city is home to just under 100,000 people and boasts one of the highest concentrations of mobile home parks in the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Given our own tinderbox of a world—in the face of the Somme, in the face of millions killed—the highest morality has nothing to do with domestic scandals and everything to do with preventing great-power war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Wind turbines are an increasingly common sight around the training area in Gorzyca and throughout the country, where coal still accounts for over half of Poland's electricity production, the highest in the European Union.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Looking back, Rowan could no longer see even the tall stone walls of the mill, the highest building, because the trees had screened it from view.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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