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rejoice

[ri-jois] / rɪˈdʒɔɪs /


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If you did something good, rejoice, something bad, repent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

History buffs, rejoice: Can you name the country where the War of the Three Henrys took place from 1585 to 1589?

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

"You rejoice and cry, and you tremble inside from the emotion -- seeing those eyes that are both sad and joyful and filled with tears," she told AFP during a recent prisoner exchange.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

"I'm so glad it happened. To be able to heal, reflect, rejoice."

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

We’re not going to do a kumbaya as a team and rejoice in our joint success.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

When a Ferrari driver triumphs in F1, the team's spiritual home of Maranello rejoices.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

As energy bills soar elsewhere in the world, "Our property manager has announced a 20 percent reduction in heating and hot water bills for 2026 and 2027," rejoices the 69-year-old retiree.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

I don’t think you’ll find a hostage family that rejoices in that.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

Even as she rejoices, “A home in you I’ve found,” the chords circle around a minor key and she sounds cautious, almost disbelieving.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Every human culture rejoices in the fact that there are cycles in nature.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"The theory not only reproduces the experiment but also provides the basis for guiding future discoveries in this system," rejoiced Schiró.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

He rejoiced that “slavery has reached the limits of expansion” and that “the fate of the experiment of republican government” was no longer in danger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Owners of several vehicles plying the streets rejoiced with symbolic honks and screams, most of them either waving the flag or hanging samples by their car windows.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Many like Reouani had at first rejoiced at the downpours.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Even those exposed to the rain in Lincoln Park must have rejoiced.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

In Cabo San Lucas last month, a crowd rejoicing after Mexico’s victory over the Czech Republic rocked a car in the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Benjamin Samat, a French influencer living in Dubai, took to Instagram to lash out at "those who on social media are rejoicing that the French are going through this".

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

Loved ones, teachers and school principals are rejoicing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

"We were all rejoicing because at a certain point, we thought we were going to die. My friends were telling me 'Nathan, we thought you were dead.'"

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

There was a general feeling of privilege and rejoicing, as if the daughter of Caesar were passing through a sort of initiation into the glorious state of being a full Roman citizen.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks




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