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glorify

[glawr-uh-fahy, glohr-] / ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr- /




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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

Naturally, such arches tend to glorify the emperor.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote on X: "Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

With a huge orchestral machine powered by limitless quantities of adrenaline, Dudamel needed only to take Shostakovich at his word, and glorify the orchestra that he may love more than any other.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 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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