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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

We certainly don't fault them for their bad decision-making skills — we exalt them.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 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

But to compare Shree to Western writers is to miss the point of “Tomb of Sand”: to exalt Hindustan beyond the bloodstained legacy of its former colonial powers.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 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

Mr. Stephens comments in a way that exalts the passage’s author: “Given this statement, it seems implausible that . . . Marcus bowed to trumpery.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Matthew 23: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

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

My language has always been that of liberty and humanity, and I know by experience that nothing so exalts a nation as the union of these two principles, under all circumstances.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

“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

Hospitals, he observes, “have exalted missions, which can obscure the fact that they’re just as full of territorial jerks as investment banks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Bagharzadeh was the wife of Ali Khamenei but despite her husband's exalted position a figure of the lowest of profiles in Iran.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

Captain Smith nods, and I wonder if he really does plan to be polite to the exalted gentlemen from here on in.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

In any case, every so often, she lets out a laugh that is so mischievous and exalting, or makes a joke that is completely disarming in its self-deprecation, and we all feel like we’ve won.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

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

At the same time, they're exalting a completely fictitious and unrealistic fantasy of a "golden age."

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 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