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excitement

[ik-sahyt-muhnt] / ɪkˈsaɪt mənt /


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But the excitement shared by visitors and the veterinary team quickly gave way to concern.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

There is a lot of excitement surrounding Spurs and I understand why.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Marvel recently stoked excitement for the “Black Panther” franchise at San Diego Comic-Con with the announcement that David Jonsson has been cast as T’Challa’s son and the new King of Wakanda.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Some investors describe the excitement around the sector as a moment of peak hype.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“All this excitement has me famished,” Sinchi said.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

In the memoir, Ms. Dunham traces the struggles of her adult life—fame, illness, addiction—with touching emphasis on the early tremulous excitements of becoming well-known: the affirmation, the freebies, the invitations to glittering events.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

A gray whisper of a man, he eschewed the excitements of travel in favor of a tea-filled life in his house on Utopia Parkway in Queens.

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2024

The excitements begin amidst blowing dust in Mexico, where in a remote desert some fighter planes missing since World War II suddenly reappear, engines ready to go at the touch of a switch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2017

“It was a quiet little neighborhood that was in walking distance to city excitements like Georgetown and Dupont,” he said.

From Washington Post Mar. 21, 2017

He sat propped against a tree, watching the red sentries passing to and fro in the firelight, hearing their quiet passwords and thinking about the excitements of the day.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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