on high

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Noun
  • While people riding horses is a frequent trope for the genre, several moments set at dusk or against a cloudy sky deftly capture the movie’s melancholic mood.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • Worries about Trump’s tariffs Under overcast skies in Taipei, about 2,500 Taiwanese union members began a march at the presidential office, representing sectors from fisheries to telecommunications.
    Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Their post-wedding bliss is cut short when the baby starts growing at an abnormally fast rate, and Bella deals with a host of medical issues.
    Francesca Gariano, People.com, 1 May 2025
  • For those wanting to prolong their bliss, the spa also features multisensory showers—infused with scents like lavender and eucalyptus—alongside steam rooms, saunas, hot tubs, and plunge pools.
    Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • If there is a marine paradise on Earth that humanity can’t afford to lose, the Gulf may be unsurpassed.
    Joel Reynolds, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Patrolling a paradise under siege Several hundred miles from the Ecuadorian mainland, the waters off the Galápagos Islands glisten with postcard beauty.
    David Culver, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Emily Ratajkowski claps back at onlooker who told her to 'put on a shirt' during walk The mission, the first for an all-female space crew since 1963, was marketed as a feminist landmark − a chance to see mothers and female storytellers launch toward the heavens.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
  • There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky… appeared as black as if a storm was raging.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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“On high.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/on%20high. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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