"finest hour" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1940 June 18, “Churchill Says Hope Not Dead”, in San Jose Evening News, retrieved 2013-08-28, page 1:",
          "text": "Winston Churchill proclaimed today to his Parliament and people the beginning of \"the battle for Britain\" […] \"Let us brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: ‘This was their finest hour.’\"",
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          "ref": "1979 August 2, Peter Calamai, “Analysis: It's brave words and bad vibrations”, in Edmonton Journal, Canada, retrieved 2013-08-28, page D20:",
          "text": "Commonwealth countries were called upon to rise to their finest hour against the double crises of Rhodesia and global poverty.",
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          "ref": "2010 October 13, Tim Padgett, “Chile Celebrates As Miners Emerge from Underground”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-28:",
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          "ref": "2023 October 19, Daniel Boffey, quoting Tom Tugendhat, “Israel accuses BBC of ‘modern blood libel’ over reporting of hospital strike”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday morning, the UK’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, criticised “irresponsible speculation” and said it had not been “the BBC’s finest hour”.",
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        "A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed."
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        "(idiomatic) A point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed."
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