savor
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Yes, you still may savor the glory of a great player wearing your colors, but there’s a good chance they’ll be packing up shop by the time they’re 25.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Thousands of people gathered in downtown Asuncion to savor the moment -- only the second time Paraguay has won a World Cup game in the knockout stage.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
He determinedly ignores all the house’s faults so he can savor it as his dream residence for the few fleeting years that remain of his life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Nor do such foods allow consumers to fully savor each ingredient.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
The diminished pain in my leg is such a relief that I try to savor it, but pieces of my nightmare still linger in my mind, too fresh to put away.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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He had the type of ending every quarterback savors: three consecutive kneeldowns to run out the clock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Despite his neurological torments, he savors the wonderful things that have happened to him and the career he has enjoyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Deborah drags a finger through the cream cheese frosting and savors the sweet paradise flavor that is celebrity-anointed success.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
She savors small pleasures, personal connections and casual revelations, with a touch of new-age mysticism.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
She is rich in pauses, which she savors in her mouth.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Take a sip: Martinis are savored for their elegant simplicity and refined romanticism.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
No one needed to be a senator like Graham, who suddenly died over the weekend, and no one savored it more.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Yet he also savored the moment, and hinted that he might enjoy the adulation of Chiefs fans a bit longer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
Morgan’s office, along with other Renaissance holdings, it’s hung rather high and subject to reflections, but with a little maneuvering on the viewer’s part, the intense, intimate image can be savored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
She savored the stretch and release of tension in her stiff muscles, and turned the page in the book she was holding aloft.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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“That’s clearly a fake argument,” he says on an early Thursday evening in August, wearing a Western-style hat and savoring two scoops of gelato from Paradise Bakery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Today, the chef’s perfect Sunday is a foodie’s dream — sampling food from around L.A. by driving to different parts of the city, and savoring his alone time the entire day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“There are a lot of Mexican families here,” she told me after savoring the final crouton on her plate.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
“I feel like I’m on a crime vacation,” said John DePetro, a true-crime content creator and Rhode Island native, savoring the desert climate.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Rufus reaches over and carves himself a piece of French toast and then chews it, savoring the bite with his head down and eyes closed.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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