revel
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In the past five years, Sanxingdui has captured the imagination of a Chinese nation eager to revel in its long history and civilizational accomplishments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
She is an aesthete, someone who likes to go to the race track just to revel in the colors on display there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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
I think of the dark shapes of the nixies in the water and the boy at the revel, howling over his torn wing.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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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
She revels in the similarities between her and Rogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
He brought out Kehlani for “Folded,” another perfectly regal ballad that revels in a small aperture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
At a signal from the master of revels, the combatants couched their lances and put their spurs to their mounts.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Mr. Coyne, accustomed to more solitary work as a writer, reveled in the camaraderie and the sense of common purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
For years, Surf City conservatives like Gates have reveled in playing the burr in the saddle of deep blue California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
It was a clear, cool day and I reveled in the beauty of the Natal countryside; even in winter, Natal remains green.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Pollock, introduced in the 48th minute, revelled in the broken field, dry pitch and patchy defence.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Ann Widdecombe revelled in debate, even, perhaps particularly, when articulating positions as a lifelong social conservative that were no longer fashionable to many.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
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 is a most sympathetic youth, and we revelled in his rich conversation and exclaimed on his courtly manners.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
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
An English-language debut by Russian director Kirill Sokolov, who also co-wrote its script, “They Will Kill You” is tongue-in-cheek but not witty, reveling in its excesses without bringing anything fresh to the party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 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
She was reveling in the brilliance of this plan when Drew stopped walking.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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Embedded with Team Scotland, back home among his own people, and absolutely revelling in it.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
So could she find herself revelling in the Tollcross atmosphere once more?
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The briefings have been chest-thumping affairs, revelling in portrayals of American military supremacy.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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
All the lapwings cried, cried the same tale, "Bitter, bitter, the struggle—for nothing, nothing, nothing,"—and all the time they swung about on their broad wings, revelling.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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