basking

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Basking in a post-breakup glow, Sudan Archives’ new sound is as carefree and earnest as the way of life she’s cultivating.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Basking in the late afternoon sun, the 37-year-old took to the stage wearing a bright white kanzu robe - a traditional tunic from Uganda, where his parents are from.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

In the before times, clinical psychologist Leslie Becker-Phelps met with patients in a tidy private office in Basking Ridge, N.J., carefully observing their demeanor, body language and, with couples, interpersonal vibe.

From Scientific American • Dec. 27, 2021

Basking in the glory of their racehorses' appearance on the most prestigious stage in the world, they knew all but one of them would see their colt or filly suffer defeat.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2021

Basking in the applause of his German hosts, he exulted: “No nation since ancient Greece has captured the true Olympic spirit as has Germany.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown