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Boldly flavored and headily spiced with just cinnamon, cloves, black pepper and, yes, a lot of fresh ginger, it is simplicity exemplified, coming together quickly and without a mixer.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2021

“I was just bored/ Playing the guitar/ Learned all your tricks/ Wasn’t too hard,” he sneers, as the band headily mix swagger and sentimentality.

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2020

In the headily abstract terms by which he functioned, his career can be defined as just that.

From The New Yorker Jul. 15, 2019

Each day’s entry in Julavits’s exquisite diary pitches recklessly and headily into the essay it will become, a meditation on desire, perhaps, or ghosts, or time.

From New York Times Nov. 27, 2015

But they Still headily pursue their way, Though flood and foe confront them, and The skies fling flame.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas




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