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[wol-oh] / ˈwɒl oʊ /




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There are some sad ironies stitched into the plot, and an upsetting late twist, though the show doesn’t wallow in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

I wonder if the reaction to the book is less about Burden’s marriage and more an excuse to wallow in our own perceived lack of agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

“But you can’t wallow in grief while you’re actively caregiving. I’d never get anything done. You soldier on.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

She ponders whether its home on Disney+ will mean it gets a big audience, adding: "But let's just wallow in nostalgia."

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

With a giant fish behind, it starts to wallow.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

With Luis dead, she wallows in visions of him, one of which is the man-sized bird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Ryan Murphy’s ‘All’s Fair,’ which wallows in revenge-fueled and wealth-worshipping cynicism with reality star Kim Kardashian at the center, may be terrible, but it captures an unfortunate moment in American culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

While the bison do help keep back some of the invasive grasses, Dennhardt explains that they create wallows and cause erosion.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 18, 2024

Large herbivores such as Cape buffalo and red deer make temporary pools by creating wallows, which also interrupt wildfires.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 9, 2023

In comparison to theirs, our raft wallows dangerously low, its inflated sides loose and sagging.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars wallowed near multi-month lows.

From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023

Jordan and his cronies have wallowed in both.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

We wallowed in the joy and nearly fell over trying to pull them apart.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022

Streep and Corden wallowed in Broadway cliches, sometimes deliciously, every now and again riotously, but rarely if ever with truthful originality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022

The trauma of having found employment had affected his valve negatively, and he was waiting until the warm water in which he wallowed like a pink hippopotamus had a calming effect upon his system.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The currency was sitting at around 155.90 per dollar Friday, having been wallowing around 160.40 Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Of course, some anger and frustration will come out during these talks, but long-term wallowing and ruminating on perceived unfairness can be more damaging than the layoff itself.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026

“We don’t have to wallow in the misery that people expect us to be wallowing in. We can use those obstacles and stand on them. And I did.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

The Selaesori Qhoran was a wallowing tub of five hundred tons, with a deep hold, high castles fore and aft, and a single mast between.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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