thrill
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Former world title challenger Anthony Yarde was perched ringside and that is a fight that could thrill British boxing fans - now with gold involved, could it happen?
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The thrill comes from the squint — the desperate, reflexive need to make out something in the haze.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Part science exhibit, part thrill ride, the shuttle gallery teaches most effectively via emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Many investors will thrill at the opportunity, but many others will understandably recoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But I tell myself it’s from the thrill of producing original music and nothing else.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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Make sense of the midterms with Slate: Speaking of tricks and treats, watch this livestream recording from Slate’s politics team, who broke down all the spooky thrills and chills we can expect on Election Day.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
The cliff divers, drawn to the thrills of the illicit jumps amplified by social media, reveled in dozens of leaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Banal pandemic analogy aside, “The Last House” is similarly built around an intentionally repetitive plot and thrills that rarely manage to excite or surprise the viewer.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
These are low-frills thrills, and all the more insidiously effective for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
I wonder if this business will ever expand to fictional thrills, like running away from dragons, fighting a Cyclops, and magic carpet rides.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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I can tell that Piker is genuinely thrilled.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Sarah Cifarelli, the LAX arts program director, was thrilled when Sonia-Wallace reached out about doing an installation at the airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Katie: The stop-motion animators I spoke to are unsurprisingly rather thrilled, although they’re conscious that their brethren at 2D and CGI studios are really struggling with the onset of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
They were thrilled to be going on holiday together.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The next day, I was thrilled to see Jenna in first period social studies.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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It’s a thrilling introduction, shot on 35mm on location in New York City, and the throbbing bass is still bumping around my skull.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
As cliffhangers go, it wasn't hugely thrilling for viewers at home, given that the pair up for banishment - Sharon Rooney and Joanne McNally - were both faithfuls.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
While no one complained when a thrilling Buffalo Bills overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams took 3:32, bloated pockets of dead air or time spent litigating penalties don’t make for the most compelling product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dench said she felt as if she were in a wind tunnel when Poitier walked in, adding: "It was thrilling."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Most beautiful of all are the emotions: She feels the tides of fear, bloodlust, despair, and blind fury like a swimmer in a stormy sea, overwhelming yet thrilling.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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