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[hed] / hɛd /










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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would speak to tech tycoon Elon Musk, head of SpaceX, if Kyiv was having problems with the communications platform.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

If an animal's entire body spins together, its head and sensory organs must also rotate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Why do people still call Sean McVay one of the best head coaches in the league!?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

“This is one of the biggest themes in a generation,” said Jay Jacobs, U.S. head of equity ETFs at BlackRock, in a phone interview.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

The skin closed over it, but for eleven years, Phineas had a real hole in his head.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Rather than spinning their entire bodies together, the snakes alternate between rolling on one side and swinging a curved section of their bodies downward beside their heads.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The heads of European football's governing body Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf, which runs the game in North and Central America, signed a letter accusing the Fifa president of breaking trust "through deception".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

This house may be the only asset she has, and downsizing will give her a cushion as she heads towards her 80th birthday in six years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Gund is so unique that it attracts regular visitors—the heads of other family-run American businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Auntie Matchmaker beamed at the boys and patted their heads before she settled down on my stool between them.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

On Friday, the first shipment of Russian oil departed on a tanker headed to the U.S.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Worse: He was headed all the way to Dallas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Brent extended Thursday's spike and headed back towards $115 a barrel for the first time since May, while WTI topped $100.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The National Weather Service said a team was headed out to the course Thursday to determine if the damage was caused by a tornado, but they had not yet reached consensus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I headed for him, kicking up the dust.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

What followed was three days on foot heading for the port city of Aden.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Since September, it has entered the Persian Gulf twice, both times heading to Iraq to load crude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Analysts had been cautious about Tesla's latest results heading into Wednesday's release.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

After completing its investigation of Lac de Charmes, Perseverance is expected to continue traveling along the crater rim before heading south during its extended mission.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Just as we started up the steps, Rowdy came loping around the corner of the building, up the steps, and heading for the open door.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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