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exhilaration

[ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzɪl əˈreɪ ʃən /


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"I just wasn't getting that same kind of exhilaration."

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

This exhilaration isn’t far from where it was just before the dot.com bubble popped in 2000.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill,” wrote Golding, “and there was the world of longing and baffled common sense.”

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

Games afford us the exhilaration of getting outside ourselves with new incentives, powers and ways to strive.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

But as she sat on the edge of her rumpled, still-warm bed, pulling on her stockings, she could not prevent or deny her horrible exhilaration.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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