bask
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Instead, he was content to bask in the attention at the podium, while keeping his ambitions to himself.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
On a card lacking stars from previous years like Tom Aspinall and Paddy Pimblett, Murphy was given a golden opportunity to bask in the spotlight but Evloev had other ideas.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Abel, though, gave himself little time to bask in the praise for his 2025 letter; he remembered he’d have to write another by February 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
But he didn’t have much time to bask in the glory.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Later, he had heard, she had proceeded to Syria where she proposed to bask in a yet stronger sun and live at one with Nature and the bedouin.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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