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[rel-ish] / ˈrɛl ɪʃ /




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At Sorkin’s version of the Wall Street Journal, everyone up and down the masthead — editors, writers, even interns — insults each other with such relish that someone should be written up by HR.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

No side will relish coming up against Calvert-Lewin and this aggressive Leeds outfit at Elland Road this season.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Farmers grow passion fruit, pomegranates and tangerines, and islanders relish a fiery shochu liquor made with brown sugar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Nadira Goffe makes the case for a relish comeback.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

They serve everything fried, and they know us by name, and we lick grease off our fingers in the wee hours of the morning and relish the free life we’re living.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

She relishes the tedious sausage-making of statecraft, the kind of stuff that makes you and me bleed from our ears.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

At 93, the "Downtown" legend still relishes the connection between audience and performer, and the humanity in delivering a vocal -- two things AI songs might eliminate.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Won notes business relationships can take months or even years to bear fruit, so he relishes the immediate results of an hour on his riding mower.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

As an artist, Sattouf relishes dark absurdity; as a character, Riad is irresistible even when he’s prickly and judgmental, which is often.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

It’s not just in our soft drinks and snack foods, but in the ketchup and mustard, the breads and cereals, the relishes and crackers, the hot dogs and hams.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Redick, entering his third season as a head coach, relished the buy-in and interest from the young team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Don added he had "always relished the craft of programme making" and paid tribute to the "superlative BBC team" he worked with over the years.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Graham relished his role in the center of the action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

And Neill relished that ability, returning time and again to characters whose unpredictability mirrored life’s, creating an oeuvre that is both grotesque and supremely human.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The host seemed to think his pesos well spent, if only because he relished Dick’s jokes.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

"I think he is just relishing putting the shirt on and being one of the main men in the team. He is an important player for us and he showed that during the World Cup."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Seven-year-old Aydin is relishing the chance to play somewhere new.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

This was a coach relishing the big occasion.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

As the picture rolls along, Garcia shows a more assertive side, relishing her character’s emergence from her shell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Jefferson had recently ensconced himself at Monticello, relishing his retirement, and Madison was returning to the political wars in Philadelphia.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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