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heady

[hed-ee] / ˈhɛd i /


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I watched crowds of first-time voters dancing through Budapest's backstreets, drunk with a heady mix of hope and incredulity in the early hours of Monday morning.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Zuckerberg subsequently recruited executives from rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google - often personally and at heady costs.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Nivola, in a particularly tough role, displays a heady mix of alpha machismo, tenderness and contempt that is just as funny as it needs to be without losing a crucial dimensionality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Ultimately, though, Galsworthy’s question is much simpler than such a heady proposition.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

The smell of the mead of poetry was heady on the air.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman




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