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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

head·line / ˈhedˌlīn/ • n. a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine: a front-page headline. ∎ (the headlines) the most important items of news in a newspaper or in a broadcast news bulletin: issues that are never long out of the headlines. • v. 1. [tr.] provide with a headline: a feature that was headlined “Invest in Your Future.” 2. [tr.] appear as the star performer at (a concert): an acoustic jam headlined by rappers L.L. Cool J and De La Soul.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

headline •catchline • dragline • tramline •landline • strapline • chatline •carline •breadline, deadline, headline, redline •neckline • hemline • helpline •airline, hairline •saline • mainline •baseline, bassline, waistline •dateline •beeline, feline, treeline •streamline • slimline • sibylline •Adeline • bodyline • storyline •Catiline • aquiline •byline, skyline •guideline, sideline, tideline •lifeline • pipeline • sight line • hotline •jawline, Pauline, shoreline •outline •snowline, towline •coastline • clothesline • microcline •Fräulein • Ursuline • touchline •bloodline • plumb line • punchline •buntline • timberline • borderline •underline • alkaline • opaline •Caroline • coralline • crystalline •waterline • landmine • carmine •goldmine •calamine • melamine

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	Headline writing basics: what every headline should do and nine proven ways... Magazine article from: Direct Marketing; 4/1/1996
	Headline reflected a brutal story, yet some readers found it too... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/10/2003
	AD HEADLINES SHOULD COMMAND ATTENTION. Magazine article from: Tire Business; 10/11/1999