adore
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"We regret that fatal day but we praise and adore all the time we spent together," they said in a statement.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Fans adore that “it’s all-encompassing—it embraces so many of the other art forms, not just music but also poetry, drama, painting” and more, said Antony Feeny, who runs the site Operanomics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Those who adore Kurosawa’s unsettling earlier films may be thrown off by his new movie’s relatively muted approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 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
Both of them adore me, don't get me wrong, but on a long, sticky day like today, adoration and suffocation can feel like first cousins.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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While speaking to People in 2024, Towns revealed that he adores Woods for always showcasing her support at his basketball games.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Wilson adores Odysseus so much that she has his bow tattooed on her right leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
“You’re wrong. Moushumi adores Brooklyn. We practically had to kick her out after the whole Graham thing.”
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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I already adored miso butter, with its salty, savory depth.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Matthews was adored by a generation, an outside right who became an icon.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
After a failed first marriage and a dalliance with Barbara Stanwyck, he married a charming widow, Lucille “Lu” Reyburn, who adored him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Holmes frequently related how she grew up spending summers and holidays with her uncle, who she adored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
None of them, of course, had ever been so close to perfection, and the great majority adored her instantly.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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During the peak of the AI exuberance, Huang even autographed an adoring female fan’s chest at a trade show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
“Hopelessness can be fatal for a city,” she told an adoring crowd that kept getting bigger and bigger until security closed off the entrances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Even so, there were signs the band would attract an adoring legion of fans.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
On the campaign trail, Siegmund -- a former entrepreneur with a sharp undercut hairstyle and a huge social media following -- has been mobbed by adoring fans, many wearing T-shirts bearing his likeness.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Why do you need an adoring public when you’ve got me?”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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