elated
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“And I cried like a baby. I was just elated that it was finally going to happen.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Videos of elated football fans celebrating in the capital, Kinshasa, have been circulating on social media.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
My parents, both now gone, were elated when the hostages came home alive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Maybe it means the kid’s elated to know his deception is working.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
She felt sick and glittery, droopy and elated.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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