rapture
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Here beauty is celebrated with voluptuous rapture, setting the mood for “Oh, Yemanja,” a mythic, watery mother’s prayer from Tania León’s opera “Scourge of Hyacinths.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
There have been dozens of false rapture dates that have popped up over the decades, sure.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
Let’s replace Broadway with a bunch of rinks—and ask Stanley Cup hockey teams to send us all into the riveted rapture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025
From the chaos backstage through Selena’s solo walk through a curtain to the rapture of her adoring fans, it’s just the first of the film’s string of pure Hollywood moments.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
The white sun reflected off his bright orange scales and the glistening glorious light blinded us and filled us with the rapture true beauty brings.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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