high time

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The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said it was "high time we move from deadlock to delivery... extremisms and violence carry consequences."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

It’s the weekend before Halloween, high time for the freaks to descend.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

"It is high time that health becomes an issue for formal negotiations, and we hope to see this at COP31" next year, he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

But it’s high time that friendship reflected the realities of a changed world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“It’s high time your grandmother learned to be proud of the grandson she’s got, rather than the one she thinks she ought to have — particularly after what happened at the Ministry.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling