as in enjoying
to take pleasure in
he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else
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The TikTok noise seems to have translated to ticket sales, with the low-budget horror film enjoying a 30% box office boost in its second weekend, a rare feat.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026 -
Now baseball is heading toward another high-stakes labor negotiation with the sport enjoying strong momentum on the field, but with the same basic financial fight bubbling under the surface.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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Venus and Jupiter align in nurturing Cancer on June 9, one of the sweeter transits of the year, bringing a collective focus on joy, intimacy, and the small moments worth savoring.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 May 2026
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But for now, Koeninger is savoring the final moments of his baseball career at Keller High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 May 2026
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Unlike sun-loving tomatoes, peppers, squash, and cucumbers, which require full sunlight to mature and produce fruit, vegetables that grow in the shade are primarily grown for their leaves or roots.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 May 2026
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Fans have been loving Boston Blue, and thankfully it was renewed for a second season.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 May 2026
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They are born, sometimes, just from not liking each other.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
28 May 2026
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One man’s modernity is, of course, another’s degradation, and, as dinner was served, the conversation turned to such recent innovations as ghost runners, pitch clocks, and robot umps, none of them to Murray’s liking.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Getting off (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20off%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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