thrill
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It provides a sense of community and the thrill of holding forbidden knowledge.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
There’s a thrill as it all comes together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
This jackpot portrayal of working motherhood never ceases to be a thrill for me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The event allows people of all ages and backgrounds to experience the thrill of driving.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some of them thought it with a spike of jealousy for their own children, and others with a thrill of pleasure.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The cliff divers, drawn to the thrills of the illicit jumps amplified by social media, reveled in dozens of leaps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
These are low-frills thrills, and all the more insidiously effective for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Banal pandemic analogy aside, “The Last House” is similarly built around an intentionally repetitive plot and thrills that rarely manage to excite or surprise the viewer.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Rock N Roll Circus, as its name suggests, mixes the traditional elements of a music festival with the thrills of high-wire and fire displays.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The mere sight of Lincoln thrills the crowd.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
A desperate job seeker might not fact-check that affiliation and, thrilled to be contacted by the purported recruiter, send over her résumé or pay for consulting services to improve her chances at getting a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Hauck also wasn’t thrilled that she paid for a bill of several performers and ended up with one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Matson said he was particularly thrilled with the award marking his achievements as he is "very dyslexic" and "left school with no qualifications".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But for the sake of filmgoing at large, I’d be more thrilled to spot another under-the-radar “Obsession.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
He could barely hear Glory’s thrilled whoops, like she was a cowgirl lassoing a bull.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
An intricate, thrilling procedural recounting the race to rescue 33 Chilean miners trapped for 69 days more than half a mile underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Head coach John Mitchell believes England's thrilling draw with Canada will inspire "greater things to come" from the world champions despite the result ending their record-breaking winning streak.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
World number one Luke Littler survived a first-round scare to overcome Danny Noppert in a thrilling World Series of Darts Finals match in Amsterdam.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
And that record suggests a less thrilling but more useful lesson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
No one had taken the attack against him in so long and it was thrilling!
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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