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compliment

[kom-pluh-muhnt, kom-pluh-ment] / ˈkɒm plə mənt, ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt /




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Emery returned the compliment, saying: "He's a fantastic guy. A fantastic player. Because he loves football. He loves work."

From Barron's

“I’m really proud of our nonconference schedule. Not many local teams are willing to play us, so I want to compliment Long Beach State,” Close said.

From Los Angeles Times

"I take it as a compliment that I am doing something so outrageous and so crazy that people have to write it off," he said.

From BBC

I begged the doc for compliments, but she wasn’t buying.

From The Wall Street Journal

And that’s as big a compliment as I can pay to any cop show.

From Los Angeles Times