halcyon
Example Sentences
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I had one halcyon year and then it never really abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
With a 70% approval rating and hopes for an improving economy, Takaichi has decided to seize her moment with another tactic from Japan’s halcyon days.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
We’re stuck in the between years—a dystopian digital doomscape that has job seekers and hirers picking through a landfill of A.I.-generated garbage and longing for the halcyon days of an analog past.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
Alongside Spike's lessons in humanity, Boyle highlights a stagnant culture on the island, which is "not progressive, standing still... looking back to the halcyon days of England".
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
I know I should probably hate that about interstates and yearn for the halcyon days of yore, back when you could be drenched in local color at every turn— but whatever.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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