basking

Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny crustaceans and certain types of coral and krill, to various molluscs, barnacles, and even massive basking sharks and baleen whales.

Wild inhabitants include vulnerable bighorn sheep and desert tortoises, as well as the stocky Chuckwalla lizard that enjoys basking in the sun.

“Kristin is basking in love and the joy of just a few weeks ago marrying the editor and my friend John Micklethwait,” Rogers said.

“I was basking in it, just being like, ‘This is it, I don’t have to worry anymore.

When I got home, I flung myself onto the couch, basking in the AC’s icy coolness as if it were manna from heaven.