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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

Seeing Tyla's meteoric rise to fame has given her goose bumps, she adds.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Some of the neurons responding to light contact might make you shiver and give you goose bumps.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2023

A blast of icy air sent goose bumps rippling down my back, and I swallowed hard as Callaway directed each partner group to a different platform.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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