gleeful
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"You're getting sacked in the morning," was the chant directed at Slot by the gleeful City supporters as their side scored four goals in 20 minutes either side of half-time.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Last year, he brought his gleeful sense of mischief to the U.K. competition series “Taskmaster.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
When it comes to the people who are actually running the prisons, how would you describe the process in which they became either completely okay or even gleeful about their role in mass incarceration.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026
It is replaced by gleeful boos and screams of laughter at a beautifully timed 6-7 reference.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
And so Obinze’s gleeful waiting commenced, for Nigel to weary of pepper soup and nightclubs and drinking at the shacks in Kuramo Beach.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing gleeful
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