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the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Greg Fitzgerald, one of 24 expedition team members and our guide for the day, sounds almost gleeful as he rapid-fires off lots of croc info: Salties are stealth predators, making no wake or bubbles in the water.
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2024
Rather, many commenters seem gleeful with hope that the investigation into Combs will take down the many stars who attended his White Parties—events that, for years, symbolized the height of aspirational excess in pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
But his political focus has an unusually gleeful tone to it, a bro-y pleasure that often lands on a note of happiness, or at least a sense of excitement that he’s gotten away with something fun.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and bangs with impunity, and a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2024
Rather, many commenters seem gleeful with hope that the investigation into Combs will take down the many stars who attended his White Parties—events that, for years, symbolized the height of aspirational excess in pop culture.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2024
But his political focus has an unusually gleeful tone to it, a bro-y pleasure that often lands on a note of happiness, or at least a sense of excitement that he’s gotten away with something fun.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and bangs with impunity, and a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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