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Nawrocki said Kyiv's "decision to glorify the UPA is not only outrageous" but also "deeply disappointing", undermining "reconciliation" between the two nations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

The goal is to get people to think, not to mock or glorify violence in any way, the Secret Handshake rep said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

“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

Much of this imagery is hyper unrealistic and intended to glorify rather than mislead.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

As far as Bach pere, Johann Sebastian, was concerned, the point of music was to glorify God and reflect upon the great mysteries of creation through music of unabashed seriousness.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Klee’s “National Socialist Revolution Drawings”—childlike works merging abstraction and expressionism—also challenged the Führer’s demand for “realism” that glorifies the Nordic‑German ideal of beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Like the Arch of Titus, this monument glorifies the destruction and subjugation of a conquered people.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

Even remembering how wide a beach used to be, or how the cliffs once withstood the tide, glorifies the notion that resilience is measured by our ability to remain unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

But the organisation says, in reality, it "glorifies thinness and vilifies weight gain" and "promotes disordered eating behaviours."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

Apropos of this history of Queen Mary, Lamartine has written a letter to Beranger, which praises the work exceedingly, but much more glorifies himself.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

In the meantime, her own Los Angeles abode became more of a glorified closet than a true home.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hiding away in a glorified ice chest would also have been a blow to the 80-year-old’s dignity.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

It will be the same with the Super Cup, but is the competition a glorified friendly or does it really matter?

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“He was glorified in a way that ultimately turned some people against him.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

“Duchamp Takes New York” readily conforms to the predictable narrative about the artist, glorifying his influence and spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Around 150 people have been detained for social media posts about the killings, accused of spreading misinformation, or "glorifying crime and criminals".

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Sansal may be free, but prominent French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes remains in an Algerian prison, sentenced to seven years for "glorifying terrorism" for having sought to interview an outlawed group.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

It’s not surprising that a movie glorifying Formula One wouldn’t get into the well-documented controversies that have plagued the sport.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

But his battle with Riefenstahl—ultimately and ironically a battle over a shared goal, glorifying the ideals of the Nazis—raged on throughout the remainder of the games and beyond.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown