Example Sentences

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The immersive digital art craze was cresting in summer 2021, when “Immersive Van Gogh” opened in Hollywood in the former Amoeba Music building on Sunset Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

The Omicron wave was cresting and parents were scrambling.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2023

Growing up in San Diego in the ’80s, I was in that first wave of women discovering the workouts — a big part of my early adolescence was cresting that wave.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

Strom released her first album, “Trans-Millenia Consort,” in 1982, a period in which the New Age movement was cresting throughout the United States.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2021

The wave was cresting, and Cat was in the right place to reach it.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn