revel
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Yudkowsky’s acolytes grew into the rationalist movement, a group of brainy, often libertarian-leaning outsiders who revel in logical debate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Once the final track has been played, “F.I.G” beckons us to replay, revel in our emotions and dance once, maybe twice or thrice, more.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Hastings used to revel in retelling the story of the melees that broke out that day.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
One of my patients revels in being a peacemaker and resolving fights among her three teenage grandchildren, despite her own issues with anxiety and memory lapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The film revels in languid establishing shots of the Santa Clara Valley, with the hilly Diablo Range in the background.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Ortiz’s show premiering at the Joy Who Lived Festival revels in the unhinged and urges people to judge each other for past messes with the opportunity to redeem oneself through comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
This was Liverpool's night, Bradley's night – the sort of night Anfield revels in as the presence of their former starr acted as an even more potent catalyst to turn up the volume.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Down by the river, the revels were only now beginning to dwindle and die.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Josh Bycel said his father reveled in the challenge of cleaning up L.A. politics and was frustrated by his abrupt ouster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
On movie screens, Peter Sellers reveled in comic inventiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Kathryn Hahn reveled in the chance to unleash all her witchy acting powers in ‘Agatha All Along,’ a follow-up to Marvel’s ‘WandaVision.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Bridgeman, a 26-year-old American chasing his first PGA Tour title, said the same, but he reveled in the challenge.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Pollock, introduced in the 48th minute, revelled in the broken field, dry pitch and patchy defence.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Other publications have revelled in how Sturgeon has given interviews against a backdrop of stolen books in stolen bookcases, or offered cups of coffee to journalists from a coffee machine Murrell bought with stolen money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fury revelled in the spotlight at Monday's news conference, delivering his trademark long and winding answers as he came face-to-face with Makhmudov at the north London venue.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
With Jude Bellingham out injured and Mbappe sitting on the bench, Vinicius seemed to have more freedom to roam and revelled in being the key attacking figure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
He bathed in a cool, deep pool; he revelled in the lonely little paradise.
From The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories by Algernon Blackwood
I should be reveling in the gourmet–soda parade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But the billionaire Republican is also reveling in the macho side of an event that will see bare-knuckle fighters battle it out in a mesh-framed cage known as the "Octagon."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Two years later, the Quigleys are reveling in the Sunshine State’s education freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
South Park has spent decades reveling in its own poor taste, but the people who bankroll the show have their limits.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
I pretend it’s a tropical shower, shaking my head and reveling in it.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Marcus Willis is not one for revelling in nostalgia.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Arsenal are almost revelling in their status as the bad guys of the Premier League, and Hurzeler's pre-match words added spice to an already red-hot atmosphere.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Football should have been revelling in a masterpiece last night - Vinicius scoring a goal so outrageous it deserved to dominate every headline.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Italy's cricketers have been revelling in plenty of "pinch me" moments during their debut appearance at the T20 World Cup, and now they want more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The inhabitants, heedless and careless as before, are wantoning and revelling.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
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