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revere

[ri-veer] / rɪˈvɪər /


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At the Louvre, the impulse is not to revere Franklin, gazing out from inside his vitrine, but to approach him—to bend down, to look him in the eye.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The site is considered holy to Christians – who revere it as the site of Jesus's last Supper – and to Jews who see it as the tomb of the biblical King David.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Now Carlson is making his way back into the conversation by opposing the man he once claimed to revere.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Though Bhumibol's son inherited the throne about nine years ago, many still revere him as the nation's most steadfast figurehead -- and Sirikit as his constant companion.

From Barron's Oct. 26, 2025

If we must worship a power greater than ourselves, does it not make sense to revere the Sun and stars?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

On the one hand, Ms. Brown reveres the wisdom passed down through generations and draws on institutional knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

As somebody who has come up through the department, who reveres it, what do the two sides of that coin look like?

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

Anxious to finish his shift in time for a celebratory dinner, he finds himself teamed with Travis, “the annoying new kid,” a chatterbox who conversely reveres Russell as a god.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

"Perhaps I do understand something of what you mean," he said hesitatingly, with the hesitation which every right-minded man feels at referring—however distantly—in any such connection to a girl whom he reveres.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

It came in a rigid plastic triangle sealed with peel-and-stick film—a transparent reliquary for something nobody revered.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Alan Greenspan was revered in the 1980s and 1990s for supporting the stock market, but retrospective views cloud his legacy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The shows were revered locally—in 2006, the town of Woodstock, N.Y., declared May 20 “Levon Helm Day”—and they carried on after the drummer’s death in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

For this reason, scythes must be as loved as a glorious mountain vista, as revered as a redwood forest, and as respected as an approaching storm.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The film purports to show how socioeconomic inequality is a result of “the cultural pendulum swinging too far towards revering things we consider ‘masculine,’ like individualism, power, and money,” according to the nonprofit’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"This tells me about the whole community, this tells me about how they were thinking, how they were behaving, how they were revering the heavens."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Daniels in the third episode recalls revering Al Kaline, who played right field for the Detroit Tigers and made everything look easy.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

But know this: Parenting culture is moving toward greater respect for all while still caring for and revering our elders.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2023

For my priests have been very generally of the Pagan greatness, revering nature and seeking excellence, but in the path of progress, not of renunciation.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Margaret Fuller




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