ecstasy
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In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
A scholar of jazz and blues, he explains how sorrow and ecstasy, trauma and resilience, all of life’s reverberations are felt in every note he plays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
But some have pointed out they are yet to get their hands on any silverware, so are the "celebration police" right or was the Emirates ecstasy justified?
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The crowd cried out in an ecstasy of anticipation.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Gary Lineker, who will leave Match of the Day at the end of this season, BBC News understands, has been the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
And Macelaru delivered the triumphant climb of the finale with finely managed intensity, never letting its ecstasies get out from under the players.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
“In her description of maternal horrors and ecstasies, Huisman strikes an airy tone, confiding yet remote and prone to comic understatement,” Michelle Orange writes in her review.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Adèle ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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