glorify
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“The campaign to glorify him,” wrote one biographer in 1988, “has surpassed fanatic religious fervor. The North Korean ‘sun of the nation’ shines both day and night, and it is hard to escape his ubiquity.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Roman triumphal arches were built to glorify the immense, violent power of autocratic leaders.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
Nawi said Strachan’s projects resist the “calcification of history,” which she describes as the process in which a dominant group reinforces narratives that glorify themselves while ignoring or actively erasing the contributions of others.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
"Anna's experience sheds light on a work culture that seems to glorify overwork while neglecting the very human beings behind the roles," she wrote.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024
For there were twenty-four of them, each one given his night to preach—to shine, as it were, before men, and to glorify his Heavenly Father.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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