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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
An adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic 1932 Scottish novel, Sunset Song is at once a quintessentially Davies meditation on family and the past, and his most pictorially ravishing work.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Slim Aarons took images of bronzed, oily bodies and ravishing clifftop meals.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Across their first three albums, Durand Jones & The Indications have delved into sounds from decades past to create a fusion of heartbreaking jazz, ravishing soul and electrifying disco.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 June 2025
In both his fiction, including the ravishing short-story collection Maggie Brown & Others, and his essays, Orner mulls over his experiences growing up Jewish in Chicago and its North Shore suburbs, a milieu rife with struggle, longing, anger, secrets, lies, and love.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2025
Slim Aarons took images of bronzed, oily bodies and ravishing clifftop meals.
—Richard Godwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Across their first three albums, Durand Jones & The Indications have delved into sounds from decades past to create a fusion of heartbreaking jazz, ravishing soul and electrifying disco.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 June 2025
In both his fiction, including the ravishing short-story collection Maggie Brown & Others, and his essays, Orner mulls over his experiences growing up Jewish in Chicago and its North Shore suburbs, a milieu rife with struggle, longing, anger, secrets, lies, and love.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravish
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With just 24 hours before a party, 31-year-old Maïlys Lecaillier from Pas-de-Calais transformed everyday items into a hilariously lifelike ostrich costume that’s now delighting TikTok.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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The adorable video has delighted internet users, and it’s gone viral with over 375,500 views and more than 72,000 likes at the time of writing.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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In summer 2024, another complaint focused on the classified documents case, accusing the FBI of violating his privacy with the Mar-a-Lago raid and the DOJ of malicious prosecution.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Kelly administration has refused to comply, contending that doing so would be a privacy breach that violates state and federal law because the USDA has indicated the data could be shared with outside groups.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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In short, queso brings the heat and texture, while cheese dip focuses on velvety, crowd-pleasing comfort.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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That’s why my NYT Cooking colleague Margaux Laskey has created a collection of kid-friendly recipes to please whole families — children and adults, eating the same meal in harmony.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its sultry designs that continue to impress and enrapture the automotive community.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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Valentin at first doesn’t care but quickly becomes enraptured by the melodramatic story of a magazine fashion editor (Lopez), her assistant (Tonatiuh), a photographer love interest (Luna) and the mysterious Spider Woman (also Lopez).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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Throughout that time, Frédéric Boucheron was fascinated by the natural world — a passion Poulit‑Duquesne and Choisne continue today, visible in collections featuring feather motifs, fluid forms and other designs.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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It’s set in the early 80s, which is a period that fascinates me.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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There’s something satisfying about the victim-less crime.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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What results, though, is a tonally erratic chore that might not satisfy either party.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those wishes came true in September 2022, when the sorceress siblings reunited to enchant a new generation of Halloweeners in Disney+’s Hocus Pocus 2.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Often simply referred to as Oaxaca (not to be confused with the surrounding state of the same name), the city enchants with its colorful festivals, artisanal markets, and striking architecture.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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Real Madrid against Barcelona is often described as the biggest game in club football, with everyone involved always super motivated and everyone watching usually completely enthralled.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Maybe none of this would have worked if the Bay Area weren’t so enthralled by startup culture.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Ravish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravish. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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