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The pair were united by a shared concern for the rights of migrants and held each other in great esteem, despite cultural and religious differences.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Dawn Huggins, said Norman Irwin was held in high esteem across the borough and had taken part in many council events over the years.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Mainstream culture’s relatively lower esteem for the Green Lantern is absolutely related to cartoonish interpretations of his power in live-action depictions.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

That was esteem and respect, and we used to joke a lot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Dramas broke out between them as they vied for my mother’s esteem, and for my father’s.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Freaks are scroungers, thrifters, salvagers; they’re unmatched in their ability to repurpose the discarded, to find value in things — and in people — that it sometimes seems nobody else wants or esteems.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

“I know that he esteems her a lot, like all the Jesuits of Argentina and Uruguay, because they consider her their spiritual mother,” Correale told The Associated Press in the runup to the ceremony.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024

The great irony, or the sublime absurdity, is that like a priest who practices his faith after the death of God, Daoud esteems Camus even as he exposes the Nobel Prize-winning writer’s blind spots.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2015

PEN esteems not only exquisite literature, but also the right of all people to express themselves.

From Slate ● May 6, 2015

She much esteems Yon sunny wall—and sleeps and dreams Of mice she once ate.

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson

"These are considered, well-reasoned judgements by highly esteemed judges, so I would think it's very likely that future courts will follow them," Holland said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

In a country that esteemed practicality, fiction was enlisted to speak directly to a cause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

In 1995, this risky act helped the family secure the esteemed Payaso de Oro: the top prize at the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo, an award comparable to soccer’s Ballon d’Or or music’s Grammy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Immigrants lived near the mission, and esteemed Spanish Mexican families lived in large mansions around the churches that dot Old Town in the mid-19th century — many came post-Spanish-Mexican wars.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Is Vincent thinking of himself as despised and rejected, esteemed not?

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

What nudged Americans from esteeming fastidious high-culture figures like Muck to idolizing personally crude pop-culture stars like Ruth?

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

The Russians, esteeming ceremony as a proud proletarian power should, outdid themselves in welcome.

From Time Magazine Archive

A controversy was maintained for some time, with the result that the crown, lightly esteeming the value of the find, permitted private exploitation of the mines on a basis of ten per cent royalty.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

They who prize virtue never esteem the unworthy; and it is not possible to know thy excellent heart and manly nature, without esteeming thee.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper

She would sometimes accept an invitation to stay and take tea with them, all esteeming it a delight to entertain her—she was so kind-hearted and showed such an interest in them and their affairs.

From Mildred's New Daughter by Martha Finley