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glorious

[glawr-ee-uhs, glohr-] / ˈglɔr i əs, ˈgloʊr- /


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Ghalibaf had called on Thursday for "all the Iranian people... to write a glorious page in the history of Islamic Iran through your presence".

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Americans had been celebrating the Fourth as “that glorious and ever memorable day,” as the Pennsylvania Evening Post put it in 1777, since their first opportunity to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Next to them, Sheepstealer boasts no glorious lineage or handsome metallic scales.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

After a short flight, a day at Venice Beach and the fastest glow-up ever for a mom of three, my date opened his hands, sighed and canceled the glorious evening I’d planned.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

It was a glorious day; I was sick of being poor, so, before I thought better of it, I went into an expensive men’s shop on the square and bought a couple of shirts.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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