exhilarate
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They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Oakeshott understood in 1961 that modernity’s emancipation of the individual from the “warmth of communal pressures” did not exhilarate everyone.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
They’re our life’s towering originals, the difficult ones who infuriate us and exhilarate us in equal measure.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2016
She might then scare with a raw original, then exhilarate with a driving R&B groover.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010
In his secret life, Walter was a fabulously wealthy entrepreneur. exhilarate.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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He added: "Moana 2 exhilarates with its tunefulness, and absolutely romps along from the moment the heroine gets off the island, bound for another adventure on her trusty outrigger canoe."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024
Ever since moving here, I feel like I’ve been searching for that buzz, that indication of what exhilarates the arts patrons in this city.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
And indeed there is about her a health and sense and sanity that exhilarates you like a very spirit of the green earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Manhattan exhilarates Miro, and he expects it to give his art more oomph.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It has a nervine property, by which it excites the nervous system inordinately, and exhilarates the brain.
From Fifteen Years in Hell by Benson, Luther
He said he smashed his keyboard after realising they had discovered a new species, adding that he felt both "exhilarated and relieved".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The band, expanded to include touring keyboardist Loren Gold, seemed exhilarated, if a little stiff at times, a first-night quibble that will surely self-correct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Matisse said he dreamed of an art that exerted “a soothing, calming influence on the mind,” but we leave Acquavella exhilarated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
"I was exhilarated, knowing that this natural insight had led to a major breakthrough," Zargartalebi said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
I came home that night feeling more exhilarated than I’d felt—maybe, ever.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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The towering versions assembled by Shaggy and Scooby embodied abundance, customization and the exhilarating possibility that nearly anything could be made better by placing it between two pieces of bread.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
It’s a devilishly strategic move by director Taccone: Mr. Guilfoyle provides a rush of exhilarating wind through a movie that may have started to feel a little sticky, especially around the head wounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
When the driver was thanked by the officer, he said: "I am just glad I could be of service. That was quite exhilarating."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Sonny Baker, one of the trio of new caps, picked up 2-63 and Jofra Archer was unlucky to claim only one wicket - he bowled a rapid and exhilarating spell late in the day.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Pedaling uphill on Kingsway Road during the morning rush hour could be scary because so many cars were passing me, but the downhill ride was exhilarating.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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