be alive with
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On Wednesday, Khan will bring top-tier professional boxing to Nigeria for the first time on the country's Independence Day, when the streets of Lagos will be alive with parades, music and national pride.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Normally for an evening game, the field would be alive with Mariners players, preparing for that night’s game.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022
Their eyes might be alive with anxiety or dead with remorse, but they gaze at the waves, as if silently telling their secrets to the ocean.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2019
The Hollywood Hills also will be alive with the Bowl’s annual “Sing-A-Long ‘Sound of Music.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017
Only when it fairly shimmered, when it seemed in its sleekness to be alive with the potential for speed, did Pocock pronounce the boat ready for use.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
