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rejoice

[ri-jois] / rɪˈdʒɔɪs /


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But when two rescuers from Chile and the United States finally reached him after more than three days of complex operations, Gil couldn't bring himself to rejoice.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Never mind the quality, just rejoice in the qualification?

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Offill predicts a near future in which readers will once again rejoice in epic novels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Suspicious at first, they soon rejoice: Matteo’s getting married!

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

If you are whole, you will argue: Why wouldn’t they rejoice?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

When a Ferrari driver triumphs in F1, the team's spiritual home of Maranello rejoices.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

As energy bills soar elsewhere in the world, "Our property manager has announced a 20 percent reduction in heating and hot water bills for 2026 and 2027," rejoices the 69-year-old retiree.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

I don’t think you’ll find a hostage family that rejoices in that.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

Perfect for the late nights, Odyssy’s alluring vocals connect whether he’s singing or rapping, especially as he rejoices that the girl on his mind is messing with a misfit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Every human culture rejoices in the fact that there are cycles in nature.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"The theory not only reproduces the experiment but also provides the basis for guiding future discoveries in this system," rejoiced Schiró.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

The cohort of mostly 70-something players in the dugout rejoiced, waving their caps and hollering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Owners of several vehicles plying the streets rejoiced with symbolic honks and screams, most of them either waving the flag or hanging samples by their car windows.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Machete in hand, Romee resident Jean-Paul Bitilaongi rejoiced at their successful bid to keep the forest out of reach of the "rich people" he says are trying to plunder it.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

My heart rejoiced at this hint, and I pressed: “Then you have perhaps heard of their king? You have perhaps heard of the fate of their king and his daughter?”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Fans are rejoicing because Scotland is playing in the World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

"Everybody was rejoicing to know that we get saved because we thought we were going to die," Olympia Outten, one of the passengers on the plane, said afterwards.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

There was much rejoicing and the oil was able to flow once more and prices returned almost to where they had been before the strait was closed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

So of course people are going to be rejoicing in the streets.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026

The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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