joy
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Zhang Xue wept with joy and furiously waved a Chinese flag as he watched his company's superbike scream across the finish line four seconds ahead of competitors in only its third world championship race.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Beyond the prime directive of the event, it simply served as a way for the Dorsey community to experience joy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Gone within a few hours, leaving that puff of joy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Despite her illness, she expressed fervent optimism and joy for life on her social media accounts.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’m coming, Togbe, my soul sang as I abandoned all struggle and felt myself drift down, down, down, filled with a joy I could barely contain.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
But rather than fixate on that, might we suggest a few reads about all the joys available to us in this world?
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s all she grew up knowing, and these days, it’s where some of her deepest friendships and greatest joys are.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"Human consent is not an impediment to progress. Human consent does not diminish the struggles and the joys of technological innovation or inhuman creativity," Blanchett said at the event in the parliament's library.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
"One of the joys of cinema is being transported to a place that you didn't know of before or another culture, another language."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
For a moment I knew the intimate and subtle joys of misery.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing joy
"The Giving Tree"
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