revel
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In the past five years, Sanxingdui has captured the imagination of a Chinese nation eager to revel in its long history and civilizational accomplishments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Once the final track has been played, “F.I.G” beckons us to replay, revel in our emotions and dance once, maybe twice or thrice, more.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Hastings used to revel in retelling the story of the melees that broke out that day.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Distressing, that is, because no one who revels in reading about foreign lands would want this man, the master of modern travel writing, to stop doing what he does so well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
One of my patients revels in being a peacemaker and resolving fights among her three teenage grandchildren, despite her own issues with anxiety and memory lapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The second thing is he revels in doing the vision thing: setting out, with passion, the route he believes could lead to a better society and why he reckons he could lead us there.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The film revels in languid establishing shots of the Santa Clara Valley, with the hilly Diablo Range in the background.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
"Brienne, I am no fit company. Go join the revels, if you would. Drink a horn of ale and dance to Rymund's harping."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Across town in West Los Angeles, Pratt reveled in his second-place position, enjoying a Mexican dinner with friends and family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
For years, Surf City conservatives like Gates have reveled in playing the burr in the saddle of deep blue California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
On movie screens, Peter Sellers reveled in comic invention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Bridgeman, a 26-year-old American chasing his first PGA Tour title, said the same, but he reveled in the challenge.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Alex reveled in all this conflict, I thought.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Ann Widdecombe revelled in debate, even, perhaps particularly, when articulating positions as a lifelong social conservative that were no longer fashionable to many.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Other publications have revelled in how Sturgeon has given interviews against a backdrop of stolen books in stolen bookcases, or offered cups of coffee to journalists from a coffee machine Murrell bought with stolen money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Hockney lived in an unheated garden shed, spent every waking hour painting and revelled in his newfound bohemia.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Fury revelled in the spotlight at Monday's news conference, delivering his trademark long and winding answers as he came face-to-face with Makhmudov at the north London venue.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
The license of tongue, in which Lord Cranbourne had revelled while yet a free lance, he absolutely renounced when he became a responsible minister.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
He traveled as a private citizen, rather than a politician, reveling in the region’s splendors, its ruins and estates, gardens and canals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
I should be reveling in the gourmet–soda parade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But the billionaire Republican is also reveling in the macho side of an event that will see bare-knuckle fighters battle it out in a mesh-framed cage known as the "Octagon."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
A night for making history was also a night for reveling in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
There were people everywhere, reveling as if it were New Year’s Eve.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Also revelling in the excitement from being at the game, young fan Jasper was wearing a tri-coloured wig his grandfather bought him.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Or maybe just revelling in the Canadian capers.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Italy's cricketers have been revelling in plenty of "pinch me" moments during their debut appearance at the T20 World Cup, and now they want more.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The 26-year-old said he was revelling in the fact he had achieved his "life's ambition" and was keen to continue his success.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
We are revelling in Whitsuntide recess, and no dinners or banquets until Friday, the second Court Concert.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
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