heady
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Big picture: The economy entered the fourth quarter with a heady dose of momentum.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
EA took shape as a decentralized movement during the heady, techno-optimistic days of the late 2000s and early 2010s -- when many believed social media and smartphones would promote empathy and democracy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was a heady time for a playwright thrust into the red carpet spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Jets' draft and John Harbaugh going to the Giants should mean they could rise to the heady heights of being mediocre.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was a heady feeling, and every specter wanted more.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
They might have had headier dinner conversations with their parents than I did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Nothing like the durable consolations of late-life romance, but headier, more exciting and, in the worst cases, far more damaging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
This is the type of movie that serves as an amuse-bouche to proper, headier dramas for the PG-13 crowd, and its bespoke accessibility is thoroughly appealing.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
It’s pressure because you can’t be playing at a higher level with a headier crowd of luminaries around you.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2023
She had too, what is far headier, the wine of youth.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
Fox Corp. sat out the headiest days of the streaming boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“He’s one of the headiest baseball players I’ve ever been around,” said Roberts of Hernández.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
It was one of the headiest plays of the day in the Kraken’s first scrimmage, one where Donskoi’s White team defeated the Blue team 5-1.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
As an example of adaptation, Baker’s pitching coach will be Mike Maddux, much respected in his own right and the brother of the headiest pitcher ever, Greg.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
As the populace love the headiest doctrines, they preferred preachers in proportion as they leaned towards the Marrow, while lay patrons preferred candidates of the opposite views.
From A Short History of Scotland by Andrew Lang
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The Great Gatsby
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