halcyon
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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
I had one halcyon year and then it never really abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 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
But that would require Scotland winning consecutive games for the first time since the halcyon days of those early Euro 2024 qualifiers last year.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024
“I’m so happy you’ve returned. This is a little exhibition we used to tour around the Continent back in the halcyon days. I thought you might find it instructive.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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