as in delighted
to feel or express joy or triumph
the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series
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Meanwhile, some 1,600 miles away in Abilene, the owner of Seven and One Books, Arlene Kasselman, also has been delighted with the response to the phone outside her store.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026 -
In the mid-1980s, around the time The Goonies delighted moviegoers with its story of pirate treasure, the 39-year-old Cuban American archaeologist Roger Dooley was deep in a Byzantine Spanish archive, hunting for a treasure ship of his own.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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Elon Musk exulted in swinging his chainsaw.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
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The duo exulted in success and strove to support a young family in a fickle industry.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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In a battle for first place in the Camino Real League, the Knights triumphed.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Having just triumphed in his plan to use a radio tower in the Upside Down to poke a rift into the Abyss and defeat the Mind Flayer once and for all (one of many shark-jumping moments in the series finale), the character lost his footing and seemed headed for a gruesome splat.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Gloried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloried. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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