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the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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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.
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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
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
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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
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
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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