joy
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For Gen, those sacrifices come at the expense of joy.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
She feels a mix of "joy, sadness and nostalgia," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” his statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Column writing is always a joy but never more so than when it becomes a conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I leap off Midnight, whooping, hollering for joy.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The film frames their lapses in rigor as the joys of being a teenager, rather than imperfections — or worse, weakness in the pursuit of glory.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
As Karen and I triage our possessions, I have discovered the joys of life in a tidy house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“We have filled the walls of our homes and hearts with countless memories, joys, struggles and triumphs,” she wrote Thursday on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
She did not speak of the joys of having a new baby; she talked about a heaviness around her, about things being out of balance, not in harmony with one another.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Vocabulary lists containing joy
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