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the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and bangs with impunity, and a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and beds with impunity — all with a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone's Terrifier films star David Howard Thornton as a gleeful, unrepentantly sadistic, and bloodthirsty clown.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Don't go looking for Batman battles or gleeful crime capers from the duo of Joker (mentally disturbed loner Arthur Fleck) and Harley Quinn (fellow mental patient Lee Quinzel).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2024
Empowered by his own hubris, Trump builds and borrows and beds with impunity — all with a freewheeling sense of gleeful combativeness.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Damien Leone's Terrifier films star David Howard Thornton as a gleeful, unrepentantly sadistic, and bloodthirsty clown.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Don't go looking for Batman battles or gleeful crime capers from the duo of Joker (mentally disturbed loner Arthur Fleck) and Harley Quinn (fellow mental patient Lee Quinzel).
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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