joie de vivre

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Organizers sought not only to remind the world that the Olympics were about joie de vivre, but also that the project didn’t need to be a $50 billion boondoggle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

And her joie de vivre was a signature in many other portrayals, including Nellie Lovett in “Sweeney Todd” and Mame Dennis in “Mame,” her breakout Broadway role in 1966.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

In those videos, Deen, now 78, is as full of vitality and joie de vivre as she ever was.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025

The 15-minute set bursts with joie de vivre, simultaneously soulful and fiery, as the star rattles through jazzy, full-band recreations of her mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

Solid, monumental like his grandfathers, but with a joie de vivre and an irresistible good humor that they did not have, Aureliano Segundo scarcely had time to look after his animals.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez