Example Sentences

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Dr. Nancy Gin, regional medical director of quality and clinical analysis at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said Friday that cases of respiratory syncytial virus among young children seem to have crested in the previous weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

While swollen rivers have crested or are near cresting, the levels aren’t expected to drop significantly for days, National Weather Service meteorologist Tyler Fleming said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022

While that wave appears to have crested, according to the Census Bureau, corporate registrations remain above prepandemic levels.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022

The stock has been battered amid missteps such as a clumsy implementation of expanded women’s sizes at the company’s Old Navy chain, which caused inventory levels to swell just as demand may have crested.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022

"Is it going to be that some of these pricing pressures have crested, and they start coming down? Or are they going to stay high -- or are they going to be higher?"

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2022