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glorify

[glawr-uh-fahy, glohr-] / ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr- /




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“The campaign to glorify him,” wrote one biographer in 1988, “has surpassed fanatic religious fervor. The North Korean ‘sun of the nation’ shines both day and night, and it is hard to escape his ubiquity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

And more than that, the name of the law, the Epstein Transparency Act, frustrates her as she said it continues to glorify an abuser and his actions.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Naturally, such arches tend to glorify the emperor.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

“Our community will not tolerate acts that glorify Nazism or spread fear, and we will hold offenders accountable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

For there were twenty-four of them, each one given his night to preach—to shine, as it were, before men, and to glorify his Heavenly Father.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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