raptured
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It was me who managed to spill a glass of water over the notes Mourinho waved to a raptured audience at his unveiling news conference.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
Because they’re so light, they defy proper waste management, floating off trash cans and sanitation trucks like they’re being raptured by a garbage god.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023
The future of the web is at stake The end of those cookies is called the Cookiepocalypse, and it’s apocalyptic because nobody really knows what advertisers will do once those tracking methods are raptured.
From The Verge • Apr. 16, 2021
Yet even CBS’s team carried themselves as if they just found out all of the babies, puppies and kittens in the world suddenly raptured.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2018
Once, when I raptured in a violet glow given off by the Queen of the World, my father asked me why, and I thought he was crazy not to see.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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