merriment
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But at The Wall Street Journal, we wanted to dig a little deeper and quantify all this merriment and misery: Who exactly is having the best and worst time, scientifically speaking, at this World Cup?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
And with that same energy, my wife and I trodded further into the fair in hot pursuit of merriment and wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
There shall be no more merriment, and in the words of Nat King Cole, it is time to straighten up and fly right.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
The old man watched him with victorious merriment, sitting in his musty blue armchair like some satanic and hedonistic deity on a throne, a stolen U.S.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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