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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

In a survey carried out in March by market researcher IGD, external, 36% of shoppers said they planned to celebrate Halloween this year, up from 27% in 2025.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“It’s perfect, see, because they used to celebrate Thor’s day, and now we call that Thursday. And that’s when the skunk was born.”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Maybe, suggests the DreamWorks Animation feature “Forgotten Island,” which also celebrates Filipino mythology, zingy girl energy and the importance of memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

This coin celebrates the first accomplishment of the abolitionists: ending the English slave trade in 1807.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Six Flags celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Goliath roller coaster in Georgia earlier this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It was so boneheaded that Giants players celebrated as if they had won.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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

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

Then there was the sound of chanson music and accordions and lots of clinking wineglasses as they celebrated.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Purists may lament that a program celebrating television will no longer be shown on the networks that built the medium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

I can just picture Erling Haaland scoring their winner, and celebrating with a big grin on his face.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“This gives us this unique opportunity to be celebrating the storytellers all year long,” Hopkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“One would fancy,” he exclaimed, “England celebrating Franklin’s return rather than his departure.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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