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She said the highest risk is on shows where people are taken into an "unnatural" environment, where "their contact with the outside world is removed from them."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Louisiana, which has serious gaps in access to maternity care, had the highest rate of maternal mortality in the nation last year.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

“If the project succeeds,” they wrote, “it’ll turn out to have been the highest stakes conversation the world has seen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The report noted that cooling towers can spread Legionella bacteria over a wide area, with people living within 0.6 miles from a tower at highest risk of infection.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

A piece of music, or one performer's part in that piece, may also be described as having a range, from the lowest to highest note written for the performer in that piece.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones