as in to enjoy
to take pleasure in
he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else
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Junior pitcher Aleksandria Blanco enjoys a dramatic, concert-like effort for Oak Lawn.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026 -
The plethora of works are markedly vibrant and fresh, from the Hamlet in Brooklyn who wears a beanie to the one who enjoys Bollywood-style dances in London.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Television functions, for him, as a looking glass through which we are enticed, the better to savor the strangeness of beings infinitely odder, if more resilient, than Humpty Dumpty.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Choose from a day out on the SeaRay SDX 270 or savor a three-hour sunset cruise with a bottle of Ruinart or Brut Reserve cava.—
Eddi Fiegel,
Robb Report,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Melvin likes to use thrifted trays to hold jewelry.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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In 1991 — peak Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Turner won the Audubon medal from the National Audubon Society, a conservation group that really likes birds.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Websites that spent years optimizing for Google search haven’t exactly loved being pushed down the page by a chatbot and may blame AI Overviews for recent traffic drops.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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The end result is a small but expressive robot version of Rocky that captures much of the personality fans loved in Project Hail Mary.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Trump has relished in portraying himself as the president who spills the secrets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 May 2026
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In this first-round playoff matchup steeped in rivalry, both fan bases clearly relish the opportunity to eliminate the other.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Get off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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