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Slowly but surely, these conservatives accumulated influence and allies, and they finally reached the zenith of their political power with Reagan’s 1980 election as president.

The growth of the Polish military has reached a zenith just as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates his standoff with the West.

The operation reached a controversial zenith in July when scores of troops on horseback wearing tactical gear and driving armored vehicles, rolled through MacArthur Park.

All of which is to say, call “it” what you will — fascism; right-wing authoritarianism; the logical zenith of 21st century American conservatism — it has already happened here.

As slavery reached the zenith of its power, abolitionists would destroy the white consensus upon which it depended.