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head

[hed] / hɛd /










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The Moon will appear to the astronauts "about the size of a basketball held at arm's length," Noah Petro, head of NASA's planetary geology lab, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

"We eat the whole pig, from the head to the tail."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Neither of them made any substantive changes to core Roman Catholic doctrine, but when you’re the bishop of Rome and the head of the world’s largest single religious denomination, practice matters more than theory.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

May, 49, got his start as a head coach at Florida Atlantic University—a school with such shoddy basketball resources that he tried to avoid showing prospective recruits the locker room, or its lukewarm showers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Nate’s ridiculous word has been wriggling around in my head ever since he said it a couple of weeks ago.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam