heyday
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Hartnett stands out among the roster of stubborn, uncompromisingly masculine leading men from his heyday, proving that there’s much more to winning over an audience than simply playing into the public’s perception.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The grunge that Ms. Teitelbaum channels is a serious, heavy sound with intimations of darkness and trauma, and even in its heyday the genre was sometimes criticized for its solemn bearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The collection, known as The Desk Tapes, has been in the possession of Owain Richards for 20 years, after his dad, a former front-of-house sound engineer joined the band's crew during their heyday.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Though the culture never disappeared since the heyday of cruising in the 1980s and 1990s, interest in lowriding has surged in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But superimposed over the ruins was another layer of reality - a spectral mirage of the palace as it must have appeared in its heyday.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
In some ways, the current versions of the Seahawks and Patriots are reminiscent of both of their heydays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Volkswagen is trying to tap some of that nostalgia in its latest push to regain the status and sales it enjoyed in the United States during the Beetle’s and Microbus’s heydays in the 1960s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Rankin, who was once labelled a 'bad boy' celebrity photographer, has mellowed since the Britpop heydays of the noughties and becoming a father.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024
You’ll meet athletic European Millennials wearing multicoloured sunglasses, grey-haired US retirees with epic adventure tales from their ’70s heydays, and everyone else in between — including eager-to-learn alpine virgins like myself.
From National Geographic ● Apr. 16, 2023
Even in heydays of poverty, and poor as she was, you know, notwithstanding our true love for each other, and close intimacy, I never could induce Lucy to receive a cent.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
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