adulate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulate
Verb
  • An old pal of mine — a Dodgers fanatic who adores Monfort the way Bugs Bunny adored Elmer Fudd — likes to joke that there are only two types of Rockies fans left at Coors Field by the All-Star break: Barely alive or barely sober.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Leaving behind Bath's busy streets, the tour weaves through Hampshire's rolling hills, capturing the quiet elegance Austen adored.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And once again, his mom was first to congratulate him.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The monarch, wearing a red tie and an Order of Canada lapel pin, congratulated Carney on his recent victory.
    Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The cluster of musicians were joined onstage by a soulful choir wearing black praise and worship robes.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • For centuries, new technologies have changed the ways people worship, from the radio in the 1920s to television sets in the 1950s and the internet in the 1990s.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Greene deflected and bashed the Biden administration while praising the Trump administration before circling back to the purpose of the news conference.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Participants frequently praise Finland’s egalitarian business culture and efficient decision-making processes.
    Jessica Mendoza, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • However, Brecher writes, not everyone liked these ideas.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The Wildcats like to push the pace and light up the scoreboard, having been held under 73 points just seven times all season.
    Tobias Bass, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Hundreds of social media users have commented on TikTok to applaud Wheels and praise Santos for giving him a second chance at life.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Get The Recipe Cheeseburger Sliders Bring out the tray of sliders and the entire party will applaud.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Pascal commended Kaitlyn Dever, who joined Season 2 as the character Abby.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025
  • A number of fans and celebrity supporters commended her for speaking out about her faith and promoting prayer.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.
    Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023
  • He’s overpraised of course.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
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“Adulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulate. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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