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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr] / əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr /


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"We are best mates. What you see on screen is very much our real life relationship, we adore each other. I can't wait for the world to meet all of them," says Rex.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

But if you really adore the art form, Letterboxd’s popularity is a rare net positive in an era when tech is largely being used to pit humanity against art and each other.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

All five banks reported billions of dollars in stock repurchases last quarter, which shareholders adore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“As a full-time solo RV woman I absolutely adore this!” one person wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

“Yeah. And I adore the person you are.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Morton raves, and off she goes, telling me how much she adores Jim Henson and how “The Dark Crystal” is one of her all-time favorite films.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The 54-year-old fisherman from a small village in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, has been a superfan of the Argentine football team since the 1980s and adores superstar Lionel Messi.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2026

Its founder Vaughan Smith, who was also in the Army, said: "He was one of the characters – those people who stand out because everybody adores them and they make you feel better."

From BBC Mar. 1, 2026

“You’re wrong. Moushumi adores Brooklyn. We practically had to kick her out after the whole Graham thing.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

"She always dined out on this story and she always called Paul McCartney Paul McCarty. But she adored The Beatles."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

He purchased the truck after an accident totaled his older Ranger, which he also adored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

I guess Bill Plaschke decided to put on his “everyday working person” hat to attack Austin Reaves, a player that he acknowledges is adored by the fan base.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

Slate Auto’s all-electric truck aims to prove that affordable cars can be both profitable and adored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

“Did not you know?” she had said, “she simply adored Rebecca.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Like Grande to her adoring fans, Maddie is Deena’s idol, and Deena measures Maddie’s success by her work benchmarks and public visibility.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

An adoring crowd stretched out the door, down East Washington Street and into a nearby alley.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

One shot shows Sophia Loren lifting a champagne glass beneath the adoring gaze of fans.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

"Damned time," Totti professed to his adoring faithful afterwards.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2026

Later on, Úrsula had put candles on it and had prostrated herself before it, not suspecting that instead of a saint she was adoring almost four hundred pounds of gold.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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