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Many of us have had the experience of waking up on a Sunday morning with a splitting headache and a promise to never drink tequila slammers again.—Erik Vance, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 Naama, who still makes the world’s most delicious batch cocktails, stopped drinking a few years ago after getting the sweats and a splitting headache halfway through a vodka soda.—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024 The planned sale of France’s best-selling medical drug to US investors has caused the government a splitting headache after an outcry from politicians on all sides.—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Oct. 2024
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