How to Use on high in a Sentence

on high

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  • The valleys and peaks around Innsbruck were already on high avalanche alert.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The total amount though, may need to increase based on high temperatures.
    — ABC News, 29 July 2025
  • No amount of cold pasta salads, iced tea, pool days, or ceiling fans on high speed offer true relief to these dog days of summer.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Mike Vrabel is coming off maybe the worst offseason of all time, and everyone is on high alert right now.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • Synthetic fibers like high-performance athletic wear don't last well when washed in hot water or dried on high heat.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • Best Gap Deals Gap is one of my favorite places to shop for steep discounts on high-quality pieces.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • This leaves room to raise marginal tax rates on high earners by perhaps 6 to 12 percentage points.
    — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Analysts say the government has remained on high alert since the October election and ensuing protests and crackdown that saw the deaths of hundreds of people.
    — ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Pakistani officials said an uneasy calm prevailed along the border Monday, with security forces remaining on high alert.
    — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Pakistani officials said an uneasy calm prevailed along the Pakistan‑Afghanistan border Monday, with security forces remaining on high alert.
    — ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital Editor, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The deployment has largely focused on high-visibility patrols through downtown corridors and major tourist areas, far from the city's high-crime areas, along with civic support missions, including trash collection.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Practical engineering focus Electric propulsion systems rely on high-voltage architectures that differ from traditional gasoline outboards.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • The legislation expands freight programs, places additional emphasis on high-priority freight corridors, creates new freight planning initiatives and includes provisions intended to improve movement of agricultural products and other commodities.
    — Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 28 June 2026
  • The Interim Storage Partners (ISP) venture received its away-from-reactor storage license from the NRC in 2021, but Texas enacted a ban on high-level radioactive waste storage the same year and sought judicial review.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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