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celebrate

[sel-uh-brayt] / ˈsɛl əˌbreɪt /


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To celebrate the victory, two buses, carrying players and staff, travelled from the club's ground at Belle Vue to Wakefield Town Hall for a civic reception.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

He liked to open one on her birthday to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"People are noticing those big swarms again. They can celebrate what I think is one of nature's great spectacles."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I didn’t because I wanted to show my son this story as a gift to celebrate that pivotal moment in our lives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Commander Yevdokia Bershanskaya had planned a party to celebrate.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

As the U.S. celebrates the animal named its national mammal in 2016, it’s worth remembering a seeming paradox: Economic forces devastated the buffalo and then, more than any act of Congress, brought it back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

This year, “Star Trek” celebrates its 60th anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A website mocked up by commercial real estate brokerage RDE Advisors celebrates its many advantages.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

"To me, the best thing to do is to tell an original story that celebrates everything that I love about the games."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“No one ever had enough. The stone orchard celebrates too little, not too much.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Walters said the two women have taken "very different paths", but have both "achieved so much and thoroughly deserve to be celebrated".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The National Trust for Jersey, which celebrated its 90th anniversary in August, manages about 1,800 vergées of land across the island.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The mathematical world was shaken to its core last month, when OpenAI announced that it had solved one of the field’s most celebrated problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dave Roberts, the Dodgers’ manager, said he could see the joy in Skubal on the day the Dodgers celebrated the division title.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I found myself staring at a plate of food I had no desire to eat as the entire mountain population celebrated around us.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The drive from the airport to the city center is studded with signs celebrating the Oklahoma City Thunder, which won its first NBA championship two seasons ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The sketch ended with Republican strategists asking Trump to prerecord a message celebrating a GOP victory.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Vast street processions here are overwhelmingly aimed at celebrating centuries-old Catalan traditions.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

After jawing with Oregon players, the junior linebacker was seen taunting the Oregon sideline and celebrating on his way back to USC’s side of the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Around midnight, after celebrating the defeat of Mr. Lemoncello with Charles and Marjory over a few bottles of root beer, Andrew Peckleman still needed to sweep up around the motel.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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