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thrill

[thril] / θrɪl /




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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

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

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

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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