halcyon
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I had one halcyon year and then it never really abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
With a 70% approval rating and hopes for an improving economy, Takaichi has decided to seize her moment with another tactic from Japan’s halcyon days.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 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
Twelve years later, those halcyon days of Welsh rugby - in which their then coach Warren Gatland was feted - are long gone.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
Those were the salad days, the halcyon years!
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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