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as in delights
to feel or express joy or triumph being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time
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as in boasts
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing
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Recent Examples of crows
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Paint chips can be rich in calcium carbonite (limestone), which crows not only like but need in a balanced diet. —Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 Even crows craft tools, bending twigs to similar ends. —Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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At Tribal, Rizo crows once again about his game (which, to be fair, was very well executed), and says that the people who have returned right after playing their first time — Amanda Kimmel, Malcolm Freberg, Russell Hantz — end up doing very well in their second seasons. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Paint chips can be rich in calcium carbonite (limestone), which crows not only like but need in a balanced diet. —Joan Morris, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026 Even crows craft tools, bending twigs to similar ends. —Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.— K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
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Sweet woodruff also delights the senses with fragrant, white spring flowers opening in loose bundles above whorls of glossy green foliage.— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
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The water is frigid during the spring, but visitors can still relax on the shoreline and play in the sand at Napatree Point, Watch Hill Beach and East Beach, which boasts views of the easternmost end of New York’s Long Island.— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Apr. 2026
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Evening Muse Floor Lamp The Evening Muse Floor Lamp boasts a sturdy gold base and a delicately ruffled lampshade.— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
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One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.— Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Faith brags about being a social-media coordinator who lives in Murray Hill, and Grace responds to her sister’s slights about marrying into money by grilling her about her own boyfriend’s finance career.— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Trump often brags that jobs are going to people born in the United States, rather than to immigrants.— Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
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In the rear, it's got 30 inches of rear wheel travel, so it is designed to go over 100 mph and go over 200 to 300 foot whoops.— Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Vance asked the Hungarian voters, cheered on by a standing ovation and whoops reverberating around the city’s MTK Sportpark arena.— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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Ashton Jeanty bulls in from 4-yards out.— Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
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But as retail investors push the market higher, and bulls cheer liquidity support and policy tailwinds, some experts are raising questions if the market is entering bubble territory.— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2025
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And what begins as a clever, high-concept joke doesn’t always build beyond a steady stream of chuckles.— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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The line was met with one or two chuckles from the hearing room, which was at capacity.— Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Alex Harring,Matt Peterson, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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The event also had free opportunities to take photos, get ice cream snickers and have earned a Super Bowl post card.— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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While there were a few snickers, the photographers obliged and got their photos.— Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Crows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/crows. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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