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as in to delight
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
travelers have long been ravished with wonder and awe by the immensity of the Great Pyramid at Giza
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Recent Examples of ravish
The presentation, which leans hard on photogrammetry, is ravishing in its ornateness.
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The Florida Department of Health issued a warning to residents and visitors to avoid floodwaters as cases of flesh-eating bacteria continue to rise in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes that ravished the Gulf Coast.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
And not least through its ravishing costumes, which span everything from her most iconic stage outfits to her bedroom dressing gowns.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
In May, Republican governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, whose state was ravished by both Helene and Milton, signed legislation to remove most references to climate change from Florida state law.
—Jerel Ezell, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The Florida Department of Health issued a warning to residents and visitors to avoid floodwaters as cases of flesh-eating bacteria continue to rise in the wake of back-to-back hurricanes that ravished the Gulf Coast.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2024
And not least through its ravishing costumes, which span everything from her most iconic stage outfits to her bedroom dressing gowns.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
In May, Republican governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, whose state was ravished by both Helene and Milton, signed legislation to remove most references to climate change from Florida state law.
—Jerel Ezell, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravish
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Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey was among those saying the group had not violated any laws.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Investigators subsequently tracked down and arrested Nathan on a charge of violating an injunction barring contact with the child and her mother.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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In 2020, Modi delighted Trump by inviting him before a cheering crowd of more than 100,000 people to inaugurate the world’s largest cricket stadium in his home state of Gujarat.—
AFP,
Fortune Asia,
14 Feb. 2025
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Before the game went south for Swift, her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammates, Kylie and Swift delighted fans when they were spotted out for dinner together in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Read Next National Stranger broke into home, raped mom in 1992, Virginia officials say.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Feb. 2025
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At least 165 women were raped by male inmates after a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, citing officials in the central African nation.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Côté’s doc provides a portrait of a man battling to find inner peace one Insta reel at a time by pleasing dominatrices.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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The result is a classic, pleasing palette with a hint of color.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2025
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The country crooner just walked on stage and started belting out Christmas classics in front of the stunned and enraptured audience.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
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Ted Bundy, a serial killer who confessed to murder at least 30 young women and girls, was enraptured by the novel and couldn't stop reading it.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
14 Dec. 2024
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And that also fascinates me, how one piece of clothing can have that many different styles and expressions to it—the wash, the color, the shape, the length, the waist, low slung, high waist, straight leg, wide leg.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2025
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Endora was basically a drag queen, so everyone was fascinated by that.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2025
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But the good cop/bad cop act didn’t entirely satisfy her fanbase.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2025
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Scholars have debated the framers’ intentions in forming it, and a prominent theory is that the framers inserted the Second Amendment to satisfy anti-federalists, who feared a centralized government might attempt to disarm its citizens.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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When Venus journeys through enchanting Pisces, the love planet is in its element — gentle, dreamy and fully immersed in romantic fantasies.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Snuggled between lush rainforests and the cerulean Flores Sea sits Labuan Bajo, a welcoming fishing town on enchanting Flores Island.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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