joy
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The result is pure, rich excess — a fashion documentary unlike any other, that manages to capture the transient joy and whimsy of an era where fashion was allowed to be, dare I say, fun.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Other users taking counterfeit versions of retatrutide have reported a range of issues including brain fog, nausea, diarrhoea, a loss of libido and no longer being able to feel any happiness or joy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even Hong, who’s working tirelessly to improve robots, finds joy in videos with titles like “Ranking Funniest Clanker Fails.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
But the real exhilarating and exultant joy is that of the chase — two very different men forced on the run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Father would stand at his vantage point on the platform almost on tiptoe with the joy of precision, holding his pocket watch and a pad and pencil.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Given the phrase’s innate poeticism, it’s often used by scholars, authors, casanovas and perhaps overly didactic filmmakers to convey the fleeting intensity of life’s most burning joys.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fortunately, I’m healthy enough to travel — one of my greatest joys in this chapter of life.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Still, in “This Is Me,” Panettiere also wrote about the joys of her job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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
Seemed like I was about to experience the joys of fishing, whether I really wanted to or not.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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"The Giving Tree"
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