delirious

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However, after four successful kicks, there would be no reprieve for Gabriel who fired his penalty over the crossbar and into the delirious PSG fans.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The corner is scrambled away to Ryan Giggs, who scuffs a shot goalward and a delirious Sheringham sweeps in, scouting over his shoulder to check the offside while wheeling away celebrating wildly.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

When he woke, still a little delirious, ElAttrache told him the news: “This was the worst injury I’ve ever seen of this kind, and I don’t know how you played,” Hernández recalled him saying.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The New York Times described Rollins as establishing “a genuine American rhetoric, delirious and ecstatic; audiences reoriented their imagination, and their sense of patience, around them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

For two weeks he lay in bed delirious with fever, his teeth chattering, the tips of his fingers and toes black.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French