celebrate
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It’s a day and night to celebrate women in sports.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 12, 2026
"I just want to celebrate a brilliantly made movie that I felt was like a laser beam."
From Barron's β Sep. 12, 2026
Laurel and Dustin McQuate, from Breckenridge, Colo., visited Mallorca for the first time this month to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 12, 2026
The Smith family has gathered to celebrate the gift of tradition.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
“So I think Lisa-Marie Anne and I should celebrate getting back together,” Andre says over his third serving of jasmine rice.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The collection captures and celebrates one of the most compelling bodies of work in jazz of the past 50 years.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 7, 2026
The carnival, which celebrates Caribbean culture and history, was first held in west London in 1966.
From BBC β Aug. 31, 2026
Ukraine celebrates independence day on Monday, which also marks exactly four-and-a-half years since Russia invaded on February 24, 2022.
From Barron's β Aug. 23, 2026
Its name means "the tall green grass" in Tigrinya and has grown into a wider cultural event that celebrates women.
From BBC β Aug. 21, 2026
At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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In their statement, the couple said they got married in a small ceremony with only their family present, and then celebrated with a larger group.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2026
In Yemen's capital Sanaa, Houthi supporters celebrated the freeing of 210 prisoners held in areas that fell to the group and had spent up to eight years in jail.
From Barron's β Sep. 12, 2026
As for the postwar era, while Europe celebrated, in Asia World War II had fanned the flames of rebellion and sparked new struggles for power.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
And Shelton actually did include Rodman in that moment, with the two of them making eye contact and flashing his signature “dialed-in” hand motion to each other as he celebrated.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
Hercules had learned his skills in Mount Vernon’s kitchen, and Wash Custis later described Hercules as “a celebrated artiste...as highly accomplished a proficient in the culinary art as could be found in the United States.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Forty-five years after Formula 1 last roared around Madrid, the Spanish capital is celebrating its return this weekend with a brand-new circuit, accessible from the city centre via only a metro ride.
From Barron's β Sep. 12, 2026
Sometimes there’s live music; often families are celebrating.
From Salon β Sep. 8, 2026
A nature reserve tucked away on the Broads and home to some of Norfolk's most threatened wildlife is celebrating 50 years.
From BBC β Sep. 6, 2026
They live in a locker room that sounds the same every week, whether they’re celebrating a Super Bowl win or mourning a Monday night loss in Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 6, 2026
The postcards sat in rows, their heliograms projecting images of the Arcanum or celebrating the Marvellian holidays—Halloween, the Gatherfeast, Founder's Day.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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