as in to exalt
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The issue before us right now is not principally the character of Donald Trump, which is exalted by his supporters, deplored by his opponents and generally disregarded by the plurality of the electorate.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Dati even adjusted the shoulders of Demna’s T-shirt, which gaped open at some seams, and exalted his many arm tattoos, including one of the Eiffel Tower.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
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The only real originality in the accounts of Jesus’ virgin birth is their distinctly Jewish and prudish tone, with the impregnation dignified and at arm’s length rather than represented, as in the Hellenistic myths, as a shower of gold or the lovemaking of an amorous swan.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Vance is spearheading a loose movement in the White House aimed at re-dignifying the family and child-rearing in American society.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Mar. 2025
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But a new genre of dragon-riding fiction reimagined human and dragon relationships to be much more reflective of the girl/horse relationships lionized by earlier generations.—
Rebecca Scofield / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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The only exception of course is the intersex pope (who - surprise! - has female reproductive parts) & the cardinal who keeps her secret - bc of course that kind of Catholic secret-keeping must be lionized.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
12 Jan. 2025
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Few artists become saints and no architect, in the modern understanding of the profession, has ever been canonized.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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But while a future saint has the power to challenge Church authority, a person cannot be canonized without it.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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Miley acknowledged that everyone in baseball loved and revered Uecker but said the longtime announcer and former catcher was an even better person behind the scenes.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2025
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Saint Heron remains dedicated to empowering future art practitioners by reverencing the spiritual act of creating and spotlighting artists’ unwavering devotion to the intergenerational language of expression.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
16 June 2023
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In this new dispensation where might makes right, any appeal to moral considerations in the practice of American foreign policy is ridiculed as a deficiency of the weak while the amoral exercise of power is venerated as a virtue of the strong.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
26 Mar. 2025
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As Moutet showed in a remarkable match against Sebastian Ofner at last year’s French Open, this piece of tennis antagonism should be more often venerated as a smart tactic, giving the server another strategic option and the element of surprise.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Apotheosize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosize. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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