extol
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Also, I am afraid your columns do not sufficiently extol the value of work, which Voltaire rightly claimed protects us from the evils of boredom, vice, and poverty.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
So what is the name of this dish to which I so lavishly extol this multitude of virtues?
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026
That’s because after DJ Khaled and Kenan Thompson extol the virtues of this miracle drug, a voiceover recounts a litany of potential side effects—vomiting, diarrhea, kidney problems, things of that nature.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026
Now, listening to her extol the benefits, cold plunging seemed like something to consider, or at least contend with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
I could extol your virtues endlessly, but I want you to finish reading and answer me quickly.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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The memorial also extols the soldiers killed in the conflict—a move analysts say is aimed at buttressing popular support for the deployment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Barrett extols a judge’s obligation to “resolve disputes according to the ground rules that the people have prescribed,” but that responsibility is meaningless in the absence of reliable evidence.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
The first Swedish-language entry since 2012, the song extols the practice's stress-busting virtues.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
The piece, published in May of that year, extols Kilmer’s dogged positivity, even at the pandemic’s terrifying peak.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2025
It extols the abolition of racial discrimination and the achievement of equal rights for all.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Flynn canceled his flight to Mexico and extolled the justice system that he had been ready to cheat as a fugitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
I have extolled the virtues of both of these lessons in my columns over the years.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
In that same evening address, President Trump extolled the US's oil producing capabilities.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
While his theory was being challenged and extolled, Charles’s health continued to plague him.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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The president is extolling the virtues of the East Wing ballroom.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Saylor has been anxious to promote the preferred stock, extolling its high-yield/ low volatility returns.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Both purchased second homes in the desert in the mid-2010s and found themselves frequently extolling what Lawler calls the “magic of the desert.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
When Cathy first meets Edgar and Isabella, she climbs the wall of their estate and spies on the two having tea in a courtyard, where Isabella is extolling Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
While languishing in Europe, he wrote a nostalgic pamphlet extolling the land he had come to love.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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