heady
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Not since Goran Ivanisevic's memorable run to the title has a wildcard reached this heady stage of Wimbledon.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Introducing the series, Obama declares, “We’re not perfect, we can be irascible, heady, selfish, cheap and, let’s face it, some of us will always find something to complain about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
From it, the court just inferred that it must recognize serious, heady limits on Congress’ power to spend the tax dollars it has collected.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
NextEra has estimated that it can keep growing earnings in that unit at a heady 12% pace through 2032 while maintaining its credit rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
But beneath the heady perfume, there was another faint scent.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Pulling in front of the AI pack—on its own terms—justifies Alphabet’s headier valuation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Perhaps the film could have leaned more into being headier, more emotional, have more going on.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023
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
“I had written a book,” he wrote, “that was compared with Henry James and Marcel Proust and, headier still, was labeled decadent.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022
It is man's arrogant certainty of his future which makes him impatient of the word "friendship": it cools life to his lips, he so confident that the headier nectar is his due!
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Housman, Laurence
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
The next few weeks could be the headiest in Philadelphia sports since Rocky Balboa went the distance, which, depending whom you ask, either does or does not count as a real moment.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022
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
The headiest colt in time will learn the lesson of the breaking pen.
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
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The Great Gatsby
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The Bluest Eye
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