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As the rocket nears its apogee, they fall silent again, watching for the parachutes.— Baltimore City Paper
For now, bathed in the fortuitous magnificence of the stained glass, she shone in herself with an unearthly bloom, as if an abnormality that had always permeated her seductiveness were now at its apogee--as if, with no one to witness, she had reached the utter expression of her loveliness, which blazed forth for an instant completely, before dissolving in this strange element that mingled with it The multicolored lights released her.— Sacrifice
Here is modern civilisation at apogee--the final word in luxury--the dénouement of spectacular life.— Europe After 8:15
They witnessed the apogee, the decline, and the ruin of the dynasty CHAPTER X THE SHRINE OF ROYAL MEMORIES, THE SCENE OF WORLD ADJUSTMENTS It was not long after the enforced departure of Louis XVI and the Court that the immense sepulcher of regal glory was dismantled and forsaken.— The Story of Versailles
With him painting reached its apogee, and in him were the seeds of its decadence.— Promenades of an Impressionist

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