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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Vicario didn’t cover himself in glory in the sequence, first punching the initial set-piece delivery directly at Ait-Nouri before picking himself up and failing to get close to the full-back’s shot — which didn’t exactly find the side netting.
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are still nine league games left in Tottenham Hotspur’s season, and a Europa League campaign that could conceivably end in glory in Bilbao on 21 May.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
There are still nine league games left in Tottenham Hotspur’s season, and a Europa League campaign that could conceivably end in glory in Bilbao on 21 May.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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“Glory in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glory%20in. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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