exult
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The former Radio Disney teen heartthrob, raised Mormon and now openly gay, trades the bruised introspection of 2023’s “Calico” for songs that exult in desire on his new album, “Sweet Fortune.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“No grownups!” the boys exult, upon realizing they are on a deserted island after the plane evacuating them from Britain is shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
I’d give $100 to hear this oh-so-proper Englishman exult and declare himself “King of the World” when that happens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Weinreich did not plan to stay awake until dawn to exult in that achievement, to revel in the perpetuation of the sort of uncontested primacy that most fans, in theory, crave.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
When Dresden was destroyed later on, incidentally, Lazzaro did not exult.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
Unlike Hoover Dam, which exults in exertion, the Gateway Arch seems effortless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The album also exults in musical zingers, non sequiturs and startling off-grid eruptions.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
He exults in the drama between a soloist and the orchestra, which he uses, as in his film scores, with great imagination and virtuosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
"What did I say?" exults Hugo, clapping his hands.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
“Confirmed, it’s coming home! Lungu to be buried in Zambia,” the city of Chipata exulted on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
“This is super cool,” exulted Dean, an auto mechanic who does the repair work at the family-run garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
“We did it!” a family member exulted to lead defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Having dreaded the worst, Pakistan exulted with relief and pride over the daring rescue.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Sitting at his radio microphone, Royal Brougham exulted at the triumph of his favorites.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Mr. Herzog is interested in everything, and makes everything interesting, exulting in all of the world’s settings, the stranger the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
We need to take the next step, which is to say that they are breaking systems and exulting in it.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2026
As the players raced to one another, exulting in yet another heart-stopping, nerve-shredding win, staff members sprinted onto the field after them, ensuring each star was correctly attired.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
“I betrayed him, I betrayed the family, I betrayed the army!” says Moreno Ocampo, exulting in the anecdote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Agravaine, exulting in his cold mind, thought: “Hoist with his own petard!”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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