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celebrate

[sel-uh-brayt] / ˈsΙ›l Ι™ΛŒbreΙͺt /


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Can I celebrate you by going on a birthday hike?’” says Ho.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

To celebrate Morris’s return, the town’s mayor officially designated Sept. 14 as Morris the Cat Day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Earlier this year, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl half-time show to celebrate Latin American culture.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That left me alone with Mom to celebrate.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The occasion for their concern is this bull market’s fourth birthday, which it celebrates this week.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

A website mocked up by commercial real estate brokerage RDE Advisors celebrates its many advantages.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Every year on Mexican Independence Day, the paper celebrates its humble beginnings when Lozano Sr. launched the paper from a modest office in downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"The design celebrates the stories behind each runner, and the incredible causes that inspire so many people to take on the event," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

“No one ever had enough. The stone orchard celebrates too little, not too much.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Jane Austen, far less celebrated at the time, wrote to her niece in 1814 that she had resolved to like no novels “but Miss Edgeworth’s, Yours & my own.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Firman also recently set a record by spending $3 million for a 1951 Mickey Mantle first-generation photo used as the basis for Mantle’s celebrated 1952 Topps rookie card.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

When his parents rejected offers to disinter and return his remains—declaring their son could have no better resting place than among his black troops—Shaw was transfigured from soldier to symbol, celebrated by poets and artists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

While the area may not have been his favorite, the Brolins certainly made the home their own, tapping celebrated interior design studio, Pierce and Ward, to decorate it with a traditional, baronial aesthetic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

On the southern side of the street were a mix of larger apartment buildings, and at either end of the block were churches that had recently celebrated their centennials.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

We’ve got some tips for celebrating your loved ones without going broke.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The night before, she’d been in Brooklyn, celebrating the release of her highly-anticipated “Exit Party,” which is ricocheting up bestseller lists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

For Jordan Caldwell, turning 30 meant more than celebrating another birthday.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

You’re taking part in their grief but we’re also celebrating him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

But she just said, “Nonsense, Albie. Everybody likes celebrating birthdays.”

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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