peaked

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Yet the month-over-month rate of increase cooled slightly compared with April, a sign that the sharp rise in energy prices may have peaked and be softening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Sea arrivals into mainland Europe peaked in 2015, when the UN said more than a million people crossed the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The Roaring ’20s: Driven by easy credit and an industrial build-out of new technologies like the radio and the telephone, this historic bubble peaked on Sept. 3, 1929.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

However, the Fed didn’t react quickly enough to the 2021 inflation surge, when price growth peaked at nearly 9%, as measured by the consumer price index.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The frosting peaked and dipped like waves on a tiny pond.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate