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celebrate

[sel-uh-brayt] / ˈsΙ›l Ι™ΛŒbreΙͺt /


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Chaparral has a lot to play for and it’s an emotional time as players celebrate Rios’ life during an event on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Nebraska has lost its last four games, but on Friday the Cornhuskers had something to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Music's A-listers will celebrate the newest group of luminaries entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday -- though several of the inductees including Sade and Oasis have opted not to attend.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Resident Evil Requiem and its makers have won big at the Golden Joystick Awards, which celebrate the year's most popular games.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Lily turns in her Yale application, and Mom decides we have to go out for a special dinner to celebrate.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

The fifth and final day, known as Bhai Dooj, celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The film's release comes days ahead of Diwali, which celebrates Ram's return to Ayodhya and the 'victory of good over evil'

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

A lovable champion celebrates a first-ever World Series title as the sport girds for an extended, soul-sucking lockout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

This year’s Nobel prize celebrates work that started with a question that may sound esoteric: how do Chlamydomonas swim toward light?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Maybe that is one way a cook celebrates the ingre-dients, by wasting as little as possible and making the most of whatever the food has to offer.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"Secretary-General Guterres is a true global hero," former US vice president Al Gore, himself a celebrated climate campaigner, told AFP in Antalya.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

The pop-star joined Philomena Begley, one of Irish country music's most loved and celebrated entertainers, on stage at the NI Music Prize.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

He celebrated Christmas by their side, belting out holiday tunes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Supporters celebrated the passage on Monday saying in a press release that it “comes as federal research funding cuts have disrupted clinical trials and delayed medical discoveries nationwide.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

The woodlanders carried Jess shoulder-high into the dining hall, where sat another celebrated hero, Basil Stag Hare.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

On Friday, Leo will travel north to Chiclayo, celebrating mass with a community that remembers him as an activist priest who was particularly close to his parishioners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Now here they were, celebrating the first Muslim elected to the Senate.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

Back on Earth, Connor stopped celebrating his birthday at age 30, and associates say they know not to mention the day or wish him a good one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Andy Taylor, formerly of Duran Duran, is celebrating being ‘asymptomatic’ after getting treatment for Stage 4 prostate cancer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

On April 10, Abraham Lincoln appeared at a second-floor window of the Executive Mansion, as the White House was known then, to greet a crowd of citizens celebrating General Lee’s surrender.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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