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as in excites
to fill with great joy
enraptured upon learning that he would be attending college on a full sports scholarship
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as in delights
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
this classic ballet of the Christmas season never fails to enrapture audiences young and old
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Football, in general, still excites Williams.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026 -
And that's what excites me now in this period of transition in my career.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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Whether the product delivers on—and delights—expectations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Introducing the pair through a press tour that intoxicates but doesn’t welcome fans in feels, if nothing else, honest.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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Coastal decor darling Serena & Lily brings you the Pacifica modular collection to suit any configuration that pleases you.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2026
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For something more substantial, Ramsey’s pleases both vegetarians and meat eaters with options such as BBQ brisket sandwich with homemade onion straws or Zucchini Noodle Thai Bowl.—
Sarah Miller,
Midwest Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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There is something about the play Harvey that fascinates me, especially for right now.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The film kicks off with a mysterious cosmic event that rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports the neighborhood to someplace unknown where, evidently, dinosaurs run wild.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 May 2026
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The free, public Breeze 77 Siesta Island trolley transports visitors from downtown Sarasota to and around Siesta Key, stopping at five popular locations (including, naturally, Siesta Beach), and runs from 8am to 10pm seven days a week.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2026
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The saga, the first of a duology, enthralls.—
Monitor reviewers,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 June 2025
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The event has been celebrated annually with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which enthralls visitors and locals who gather along its 1,000-mile course to watch top mushers and their dogs compete.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2025
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Neediness is a never-ending hunger for external validation that no response ever satisfies.—
Sabrina Romanoff,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Trump will only make a deal that satisfies his red lines, the official said, referring to the president’s demands that Iran must abandon its nuclear program, give up its enriched uranium supplies and open the Strait of Hormuz.—
Kate Sullivan,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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“Enraptures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraptures. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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