peak
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That photo of the traffic jam went viral and sparked a conversation about dangerous overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Even when Swift J1727 had dimmed to roughly one hundredth of its peak activity, astronomers still detected dense gas being blown away from the system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The dot-com bust then began, eventually sending the index down nearly 78% from its peak.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
MarketAxess’s stock price has slumped since then, falling more than 70% from its peak in December 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Long, long ago, the top of Fire Mountain had been a round green peak.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Purja, 43, had written on X this week that he was close to becoming the first person to climb all 14 "super peaks" twice without oxygen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Pakistan rescue teams resumed a high-altitude search on Saturday for seven climbers missing after a powerful avalanche on one of the world's highest peaks, with the remains of three mountaineers recovered.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Spikes in that ratio have flagged short-term stock peaks in the last two decades, as plunges flagged several market troughs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The electricity demand for cooling peaks on still, hot evenings - just as the wind drops and solar fades, leaving gas to supply the extra energy.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
At the far southern end rose three peaks.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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