gleeful
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The setup, as a reader might be fearing, is the type that puts all the scenery in danger of being chewed beyond recognition and the words “tour de force” being tossed around with gleeful abandon.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"You're getting sacked in the morning," was the chant directed at Slot by the gleeful City supporters as their side scored four goals in 20 minutes either side of half-time.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Few events in American life are more overexposed, over-promoted and over-discussed than the Super Bowl—and I say that as a sportswriter who’s a gleeful part of the plague.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
Last year, he brought his gleeful sense of mischief to the U.K. competition series “Taskmaster.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
“I am never quite so gleeful as when I am doing something labeled as an ‘ought not’!” she confessed to her diary.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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