glorious
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I wish I could say that, in the wake of our glorious triumph, with all there is to do, I don’t spend one minute thinking back to that first meeting with Wiatt and Weintraub.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the warm, dry spring a glut of glorious foundresses – new queens – emerged from hibernation to start their nests alone, carrying out all the nest building, egg laying, foraging and brood rearing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Among other posts on X from General Kainerugaba on Thursday was one that read: "I consider myself the most handsome, most daring and glorious Commander who ever lived."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It is a situation that is "not exactly glorious", Schairer said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Oh, how glorious to be a postal worker!” she thought as she spread her treasures across the ottoman, so as to have the satisfaction of seeing them all at once.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Vocabulary lists containing glorious
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" (1863)
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