halcyon
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It was there that she met Sigurd, and Ms. Kingsolver revels in the brief, halcyon period when Livia was rapturously in love and reaching new heights of musical mastery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
For 45 turgid minutes in Slovenia, some in the Tartan Army might have reimagined the Steve Clarke years as a time of plenty, the halcyon era of ambitious football when Scotland were an all-electric thrill-fest.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Cook is an Alabama man, born in Mobile and raised during the halcyon era of Bear Bryant, who commanded the state for nearly three decades as the University of Alabama’s larger-than-life football coach.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 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
They spend their time sailing, playing tennis, and sometimes recalling the halcyon days of crossing the moors behind packs of beagles to hunt down rabbits.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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