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peaked

[peekt, pee-kid] / pikt, ˈpi kɪd /


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Most have languished, often suffering from managers’ tendency to launch funds right as a market theme has peaked.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

A huge wave of mechanical buying by a group of Wall Street investors scrambling to get back into the market has likely peaked, possibly a headwind for the S&P 500 going forward.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

This year, the Sierra snowpack peaked on Feb. 25.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The Boo Radleys were formed in Wallasey and their biggest hit, Wake Up Boo, peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart in 1995.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

When the troops came and times were so hard, Cilia had always given a large share of her food to Isannah and had grown to look more peaked and worried every week.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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