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[bask] / bæsk /




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There’s ample media coverage of older Americans who bask in apparent paradise somewhere far from home.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

And the U.S.-Iran talks held in Islamabad in April gave Pakistan a rare opportunity to bask in favorable international media coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Rabbi Daniel Sher, also of Kehillat Israel, said he received texts from rabbis across the city encouraging him to bask in the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Instead, he was content to bask in the attention at the podium, while keeping his ambitions to himself.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Even if he was completely wrong about her, it felt good to bask in his words.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

For all his talk of how draining the job is - and that much is beyond dispute - he clearly basks in it.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Able to pass for decades younger, he now basks in life on the other side of infamy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

While Guy basks in professional success, Rosemary begins to wilt, enduring intense pain and flashbacks to a nightmare she had on the night of conception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

Like the woodpeckers, it is adapted to open-canopied longleaf forests, where it basks in the sun, feeds on herbaceous plants and digs deep burrows in the sandy soil.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023

At first, the youngest basks in fatherly love.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Greenspan basked in the credit for the booms that unfolded under his watch, and chafed at the blame heaped on him for the financial collapse that unfolded shortly after he left office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

With a broad smile, he took in the scene and basked in the adulation of a crowd that viewed him as a hero.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

Foggy skies have shrouded parts of Tyne and Wear, while Cumbria and County Durham basked in sunshine.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

In the decade to come, Jackson basked in celebrity and international travel, including a controversial meeting with Yasser Arafat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

Humpbacks and killer whales spouted in the distance, and the water was dotted with ice floes on which fat, blinking seals basked in the sun.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

He and several other of the Huerta offspring devoted their lives to the UFW and related causes, basking in a sense that their family played a part in history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Even during Shabbat, the boardwalk here is full of families basking in the sunshine, electric scooters whizzing past, and bars blasting American hits.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Instead of basking in the wealth he had amassed as a banker and financier, Mellon accepted a summons from President-elect Warren G. Harding and got on a train to Marion, Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The company’s stock is still basking in the glow of its “exceptionally strong” June-quarter earnings report, which reinforced investors’ confidence that its AI investments are generating returns, Lee added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

And I keep thinking someone’s watching me from the fire escape, but each time I look up, there’s only Frida Kahlo basking in the sun.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson


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