delight
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Auen and Walker delight in trickling real historical information — the result of painstaking research they both conducted studying the Chronovisor — through the film at a slow but steady, always compelling pace.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
His family members screamed with delight in the packed courtroom in Valletta, while Caruana Galizia's family wept, the agency said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
After years of what you can imagine were arduous meetings about wardrobe strategy, it was a delight to see BTS having entered its grown-up wear-whatever-you-like era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
To my horror and delight, I fear that it’s actually working this time.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Thankfully, a train approaches the station, and Teddy shouts in delight, then narrates what’s happening.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Dean delights in winning over doubters, though they are becoming an endangered species at her concerts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Perry and her partner, Canada's former prime minister Justin Trudeau, sampled the delights of Mykonos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Starr is criminally sarcastic, and delights in winding people up.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
For those very delights — oh, and the art too, yeah, sure — are why many people still want to go, a desire that watching “The Man Will Burn” will only strengthen.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
There is another way to investigate Mars and the full range of delights and discoveries this heterogeneous planet holds for us.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Burnham said he was "delighted" to be hosting the taoiseach and said it was an "historic and proud day for Manchester".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
When I proposed to my then-girlfriend, I was delighted she said yes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Many of our most important medicines have come from nature. I'm delighted that the components for a better-than-commercial antivenom were in these snakes all along."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
But I find myself less troubled by CPL borrowing the language of commerce than delighted by what it has done with it.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
“How I long to see her again! I never met with anybody who delighted me so much. Such a countenance, such manners!—and so extremely accomplished for her age! Her performance on the pianoforte is exquisite.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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Gen Z is pushing back against influencers, delighting in Obama-era signifiers like frozen yogurt and fighting off the “tradwife” trend.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Iran responded in the 64th minute with Rezaeian’s cross headed home by Mohammad Mohebi, tying the game and delighting fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The era when delighting the public and media and driving endless free publicity for the AI revolution is over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
He turned from one to the other, paternal, delighting them.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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