Spring Tide
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Example:
Imagine you're trying to manage your week with both work deadlines and social events piling up at the same time. Just as this combination creates the most hectic and demanding days for you, a spring tide occurs when the gravitational forces of both the moon and the sun align, pulling the ocean's water in the same direction and creating the highest high tides and lowest low tides. In this analogy, your work deadlines and social events represent the gravitational pulls of the sun and moon, and the resulting busy schedule is like the extreme tidal range of a spring tide.
Practice Version
Spring Tide: A tide with the greatest range between high and low tides. Spring tide. A spring tide occurs when the Earth, moon, and sun are aligned, causing higher high tides and lower low tides.