Mr. Avrahami typified the Israeli technology highflier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dark Days in Israel's Tech Sector Drive Rising Executive to the Exit] Reference

JDS Uniphase was a highflier during the technology boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bart Schwartz Becomes] Reference

He has been considered a highflier in Europe's equity markets for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bond Maven Leaves Deutsche Bank] Reference

Investors will take the temperature of another tech highflier Wednesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollar Spurs] Reference

A onetime highflier, Vignette makes software used to build and manage Web sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Text to Buy Vignette] Reference

Even the technology sector, which has been a highflier for much of 2007, has suffered.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Official: Wall Street Correction] Reference

Friday 's report may not be a highflier, but may be the start of better things to come.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cooling Productivity Is the Heat Behind Jobs Figures] Reference

Investment banking is the third career at which the 50-year-old has proved to be a highflier.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Germany, a Backlash] Reference

Core businesses of the onetime highflier continued to drag because of product flaws and safety issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recalls Hurt Medtronic Earnings] Reference

Last month Phillips secured the services of a former Sotheby's highflier, Simon de Pury, who will run its operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [ARNAULT'S AUCTION BID] Reference

He said "no one could stop me when I was in the air" and there seemed to be little doubt he would be a highflier in the NBA.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Knick Recasts His Game] Reference

The lender dispute is the latest blow to a former highflier with interests in power companies and other infrastructure assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Babcock Barred From Cash in Bank] Reference

The outdoor-advertising business, long a highflier, also has stumbled into a rough patch as the overall advertising market slows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clear Channel Debt Sparks Investor Skepticism] Reference

Big drop for one-time highflier It's a long comedown for a company that was once valued at half a billion dollars and revolutionized TV poker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deal Someone In] Reference

A highflier for much of the past decade, Whole Foods now trades at 14 times 2009's expected earnings, down from an average of well over 20 over the past decade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Look Closely Before Biting] Reference

It won't ever be the highflier Las Vegas Sands is, but.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Gambler's Guide to the Holidays (ASCA, GPIC, LVS, MGM, MPEL, PENN, WYNN)] Reference

Before plane became Trump highflier, it called Dallas home.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Scientists aim to generate power from air flow around moving vehicles] Reference

All of a sudden, Spain has turned from a highflier to the sick man of Europe.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Dubai's not the only onetime highflier that risks drowning in debt.    From Wordnik.com.  [WSBTV.com - Local News] Reference

News Corp. made it official on June 16 that MySpace's days as a highflier are over, at least for now.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

Former highflier AtheroGenics filed for bankruptcy in October; its heart drug fizzled in a big trial in 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

The fall of Wall Street highflier Erin Callan photo: Creative Commons/Peter Richmond.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Royal Bank of Canada earns 2010 Catalyst Award for advancing women and other diverse groups] Reference

As it turned out, the stock was a highflier.    From Wordnik.com.  [When It Comes to Large Executive Payouts, Kilroy Was Here] Reference

FNSR) and network equipment maker Ciena CIEN), another dot-boom highflier, were up 11.8% and 11.9%, respectively, on Friday.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

But the erstwhile highflier is struggling.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

The fall of Wall Street highflier Erin Callan.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Financial News] Reference

"I'll play the highflier to-night if.    From Wordnik.com.  [Killykinick] Reference

He's no highflier -- he makes no sky-rockets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes] Reference