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celebrate

[sel-uh-brayt] / ˈsΙ›l Ι™ΛŒbreΙͺt /


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A couple who first met at Glastonbury will also be heading to Worthy Farm next year to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Fireworks went off after 11 minutes to celebrate the number 11 on his 152nd international appearance, and he was given a standing ovation when he was substituted after 62 minutes in Zenica.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He liked to open one on her birthday to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"People are noticing those big swarms again. They can celebrate what I think is one of nature's great spectacles."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

She’d wanted to go out and celebrate his new fortune.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Maybe, suggests the DreamWorks Animation feature “Forgotten Island,” which also celebrates Filipino mythology, zingy girl energy and the importance of memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The rapper and producer’s death was announced Thursday on social media by the Mobo Awards, which celebrates music of Black origin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

A website mocked up by commercial real estate brokerage RDE Advisors celebrates its many advantages.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

"To me, the best thing to do is to tell an original story that celebrates everything that I love about the games."

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Part of what Karva Chauth celebrates is friendship. Between women. And the smell of that soup is driving me crazy. A bit of sensitivity, please!”

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead

While the area may not have been his favorite, the Brolins certainly made the home their own, tapping celebrated interior design studio, Pierce and Ward, to decorate it with a traditional, baronial aesthetic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

He and his wife Mary had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year, HarperCollins said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Long before she became one of Hollywood's most celebrated stars, Audrey Hepburn was learning music and dance at a small village school in the Kent countryside.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The selection includes the required celebrated high points, plus ample surprises and rarely seen inclusions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Junior Championship the previous summer, but above all, he’d begun to have increased confidence in himself after his celebrated “Game of the Century.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Wendy Schlotterbeck, a neighbor who had been summering on Hupper Island since the days when it had no docks or electricity, grew upset at the sight of the chief justice’s celebrating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The drive from the airport to the city center is studded with signs celebrating the Oklahoma City Thunder, which won its first NBA championship two seasons ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The sketch ended with Republican strategists asking Trump to prerecord a message celebrating a GOP victory.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

What Smith saw was not simply young people celebrating being Asian, but proudly "being British Asian".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

I let it go again because celebrating my parents’ marriage after everything with his parents was maybe too much for him.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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