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as in blooms
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
the high noon of the whaling industry occurred in the first half of the 19th century
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as in tops
the highest part or point
the exhibition showcased works painted at the high noon of French Impressionism
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Red-Purple 'Peter Brand' is a common peony with six-inch wide double blooms that start as a deep red before developing into a beautiful purple.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
18 May 2026 -
This Southeastern native is also known as Maypop and blooms from May through July.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 May 2026
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And luckily for me, Quince is secretly stocked with linen tops, dresses, skirts, and more, starting at just $32.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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Jennifer Garner’s go-to sneaker brand is included in the sale too, with 25 percent discounts on all Brooks running tops and 30 percent off all bras from the brand.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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In seasons 14 and 15, the PAW Patrol is on a roll with adventures that take the pups from the prehistoric wilds of Dinosaur Island to the rock-climbing heights of Rescue Mountain.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Students at the University of Missouri in Columbia took the fad to record-setting new heights on March 5, 1974, when 600 or so naked folks ran past the historic columns on campus while a crowd of about 1,500 people cheered them on.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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The theater, declared a landmark in 1988, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Canyonlands National Park The desert landscape of Canyonlands National Park is marked with towering rock pinnacles, remote canyons, and Indigenous American rock paintings.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
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Full moons are culminations — don’t forget to pause and see what’s already come full circle before rushing into more.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
28 Nov. 2025
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Her materials include those most basic elements of the earth—geology—and her forms borrow from totems, obelisks, prehistoric megaliths, and Indigenous Caribbean zeniths.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Both songs were inescapable at their respective peaks and received the loudest reactions of the night.—
Eden Dinneen,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2026
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“High noons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20noons. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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