exalt
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“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
The power of film to irrationally transform and exalt is almost a religion to Woo, and another reason why he was the natural go-to guy for this lucrative movie franchise.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
She could exalt a good hot dog as much as a sublime black truffle.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
His reputation with the Army was at stake, and his ambition to conquer Troy and exalt Greece.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
When, then—to come to his apparent inconsistencies—he exalts sensation and decries thought or knowledge, what he is crying out for is beauty.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Andrew Cecil Bradley
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
She had an exalted view of her role as first lady, sometimes seeming to regard herself as a sort of deputy president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 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
She arrived exalted, rejuvenated, with new clothes in a style that was unknown in the village.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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In retrospect, the shift from exalting those canceled for words to championing those canceled for alleged criminal behavior was inevitable.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Forever wild, forever free … Latina foreva,” she recited from backstage, kicking off her set with the slinky reggaeton number of the same name — exalting the primordial goddess that lives inside every Latina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 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
She was an artful, innovative interpreter of other people’s songs, in the vein of Frank Sinatra, in an era when audiences—and especially critics—were exalting the singer-songwriter model instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
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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