glory in
phrasal verb
gloried in; glorying in; glories in
: to feel or show great joy or pleasure because of (something)
They gloried in their country's success.
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Restore wildland to its glory in Glendale The Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy will host a volunteer workday from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at its Sunshine Preserve in Glendale.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Since the company went public in a blaze of glory in 2019, its stock price has tumbled from $234 to less than $4 a share, and the company is more than a billion dollars in debt.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Four previous champions and two debutantes are among the 16 teams that will be competing for Libertadores glory in October.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The film had been huge for both actors, giving Beatty his last true blockbuster success (plus an affair with Madonna, preserved in absurd glory in the documentary Truth or Dare), and propelling Bates to stardom and an eventual Oscar win as Annie Wilkes in Misery.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Since the company went public in a blaze of glory in 2019, its stock price has tumbled from $234 to less than $4 a share, and the company is more than a billion dollars in debt.
—Cara Buckley, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Four previous champions and two debutantes are among the 16 teams that will be competing for Libertadores glory in October.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The film had been huge for both actors, giving Beatty his last true blockbuster success (plus an affair with Madonna, preserved in absurd glory in the documentary Truth or Dare), and propelling Bates to stardom and an eventual Oscar win as Annie Wilkes in Misery.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Glory in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glory%20in. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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