joy
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Money is great, but not at the expense of your peace, autonomy and joy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Tyneside was overcome with joy and excitement when Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley announced Keegan's return as manager in January 2008.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“One of the most radical things you can do in a moment of extreme fear and a moment of authoritarianism,” he told The Advocate, “is to experience joy and happiness.”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
These trends have replaced seasonal play with year-round commitments that are turning childhood fitness and recreation into a financial burden that is undermining the joy of sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
You want the race, the exaltation, the joy and beauty of it to go on and on.…
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
It’s all she grew up knowing, and these days, it’s where some of her deepest friendships and greatest joys are.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"Human consent is not an impediment to progress. Human consent does not diminish the struggles and the joys of technological innovation or inhuman creativity," Blanchett said at the event in the parliament's library.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Lee recounts a rigmarole of joys and traumas—a trip to the circus, a bad breakup, a house fire—which all fail to leave much of an impression.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
How generations have read the Declaration of Independence, a shipwrecked crew’s island perils, the joys of soccer fandom on more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Seemed like I was about to experience the joys of fishing, whether I really wanted to or not.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Vocabulary lists containing joy
"The Giving Tree"
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