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jubilation

[joo-buh-lay-shuhn] / ˌdʒu bəˈleɪ ʃən /


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When Liverpool came to Newcastle last August, there was utter jubilation as Rio Ngumoha scored a remarkable 100th-minute winner.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Others stood there motionless as Spain's players raced across the pitch in jubilation.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The tragedy dampened what had been nationwide jubilation over the unexpected triumphs of El Tri, as Mexico’s national team is known.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Off to the side, two Ecuadorans watched the German jubilation with some unease.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Cries of human jubilation and “indescribable noise-making devices” sounded off into the night.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

After every major proclamation, the people standing directly next to me shouted their jubilations into my ear at an excruciating pitch.

From The Verge ● Apr. 14, 2022

Toronto’s Gay Pride Festival is the largest in the country, and Harper was, semi-tragically, missing from last summer’s jubilations.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2015

The final whistle brought angry jeers for the home side and scenes of jubilations for Fürth, who celebrated as if Bild's "Frankenmeister" title wasn't just an imagined one.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2013

Dreyer and his colleagues caution against premature jubilations, but state that results so far are incontrovertible.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the jubilations of the Sunday townsfolk were exceptionally displeasing to him, giving him a sensation of being in places which were not by any means convenable--at all events for people of his position.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann




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