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goose bumps

[goos-buhmps] / ˈgusˌbʌmps /


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“I had goose bumps and thought, ‘This is what I love.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

“It gives me goose bumps to know that the vision that we had back then” paid off, Cárdenas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

On a walk around Central Park this fall, he repeatedly pointed to his forearms to show that the conversation had given him goose bumps.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

When the holiday season approaches, he joked, “our breath smells like bears, and we get goose bumps when we hear the sound of drums.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Unlike the room I’d just left, this one was warm, and I felt the goose bumps on my arms melt back into my skin as I slid into a seat at the back.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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