thrill
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It’s a thrill to see his generation of filmmakers take the wheel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s not a combo that nutritionists endorse—but that’s part of the thrill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He loved the thrill of witnessing and capturing the sky's most spectacular events.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
They don’t need electoral politics to thrill them.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
I felt a thrill go through me at the thought that I was sitting next to Hugo in the dark.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
What Gen and Casey want is to enjoy these things for the personal thrills they offer.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers combined for 13 runs, 23 hits and three home runs Monday at Comerica Park, but the biggest thrills of the game didn’t come from either team’s roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
But there's a more serious side to the project, which has always mixed pop thrills with cross-cultural understanding.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Italian luxury carmaker Ferrari has unveiled its first fully electric model, the Luce, belatedly joining rivals like Porsche and Lamborghini to offer clean-energy driving thrills.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Jumping off a high dive, or riding a roller coaster with multiple loops, or passing a note to Scott Thomas—those were all voluntary thrills.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
So I’m thrilled about the project and how it’s touching people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
That is below the somewhat recent peak of 7.79% in October 2023, but high enough to shock people who were thrilled to lock-in unusually low rates in 2012.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Others who are well traveled aren’t always as thrilled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The 67-year-old said he was "thrilled" to be making his first ever headline appearance in Wales on such an "unforgettable evening".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The heart was thrilled, the mind astonished, by the power of the preacher: neither were softened.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
And it’s because AI’s rapid improvement in math happens to be just a bit more thrilling than high-school calculus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Keely Hodgkinson was forced to settle for European silver as Switzerland's Audrey Werro denied the Briton a third consecutive title in a thrilling women's 800m final in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But “Thunder and Mercy” proves its point: Uncovering the past can be a thrilling way of playing detective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But I think the third most-nominated show that was thrilling to see have a big showing was “Widow’s Bay.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It ought to have been thrilling, the kind of crowd she dreamed about, the kind that meant the lights would never go out in the Grand Dame.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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