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rapture

[rap-cher] / ˈræp tʃər /


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Hearing that performance live left me in a state of rapture.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Let’s replace Broadway with a bunch of rinks—and ask Stanley Cup hockey teams to send us all into the riveted rapture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025

Goggins’ gritty and/or Southern-fried shows are not the kind that inspire Emmy voters’ rapture.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

The newly undead Mississippi folks dance along, but it’s different from Sammie’s juke joint rapture — unnatural and jerky, even as they keep the rhythm.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

“Me to go with her!” burst in Jo, flying out of her chair in an uncontrollable rapture.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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