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exalt

[ig-zawlt] / ɪgˈzɔlt /


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“God gave me a mother who worked her entire life for me,” said Hernández, who eased on his elastic goofball schtick to exalt immigrant mothers.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

“The Fall Guy” may exalt anonymous film workers, but it’s lifted by the charisma and chemistry of its two leading stars.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

Francis “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference,” Bruni said in a statement.

From Washington Times Aug. 29, 2023

She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

Of course they would exalt the priests and rulers who promised to maintain this miracle.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

He echoes throughout her work, in her sense of ecstasy, in how she exalts the world around her, down to the humble leaf of grass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The glittering uniform exalts Caballero, but a hand is just a hand — unless, of course, it’s the artist’s own hand, proudly displayed via all that eye-boggling brushwork.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2023

Southern Company exalts Plant Vogtle as a key clean energy asset.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2023

But that's the kind of thing that our culture exalts these days.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2023

A fanatic of a higher order is he who exalts the whole body of moral rules at the expense of human instincts and desires.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler

“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors,” he reflected, “the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Duchamp’s obsession with appearing detached from conventional aesthetic judgments elevated him to an exalted status among his peers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

In that, he is in exalted company - Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher are the others.

From BBC May 3, 2026

I guess what I’m getting at is: It didn’t feel exalted, but I felt purpose and that it was OK to have some responsibility — like a pastor with a congregation.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

I had never asked any girl out, much less the exalted Dorothy Plunk.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

His “more real” is frustrating, pleasurable, terrifying, exalting, and as familiar as our own peculiar families.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

“I can’t describe how beautiful, calm, sacred, exciting, and exalting it was. It was just a dream,” she told the outlet.

From MarketWatch Dec. 29, 2025

John Nieporte, the head pro at Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf club, raved about Trump as a “great boss and helluva golfer,” exalting his game from tee shot to the putting green.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

TV viewers can watch the massive Globo network’s seven-year campaign exalting the sector.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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