high season
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“This is the high season for gas prices, when demand increases as the weather warms up and summer-blend gasoline begins hitting the market, which is more expensive,” said Aixa Diaz, a AAA spokesperson.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
It’s high season in Palm Beach, Fla., and for some bold male dressers, that means awfully bright trousers, worn with a wink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
"This is the start of the high season here. It's catastrophic," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Backpackers have told Newsbeat Vang Vieng is a "ghost town" heading into high season, and tourism may have been affected by the deaths and investigation that followed.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
It was a gay scene, but Robert said it was nothing to the "high season," which began on the first of August, and brought throngs of fashionable people from all over Europe.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl
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