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glorify

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




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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

Insp Pete Musgrave says he is aware of social media being used to "glorify" thefts and understands the frustration of victims.

From BBC May 19, 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

Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2025

To Bach, the point of music was to glorify God, to reflect upon, interpret and celebrate the meaning and mystery of the scriptures.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“We have a culture that glorifies work,” says Tosti-Kharas, pointing to the ethos of hard work at the core of the American dream.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 11, 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

“He won’t play in a drama that glamorizes evil or glorifies violence. ‘I’m no nut on that,’ he says, ‘my pictures don’t have to carry a message — but they do have to say something.’

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2024

"However," it added, "this does not mean at all that the image glorifies these figures or attributes any dignity to them."

From BBC Jan. 11, 2024

Brorson glorifies Christ as the Friend of the spiritually poor and needy.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ernest Edwin Ryden

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

The former hospital is a heap of rubble and the uranium miner glorified on a huge Soviet mosaic has lost half his face.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

In fact, Pochettino should treat that game like a glorified scrimmage, a rare chance in the middle of a tournament to experiment and hammer home finer points of strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The handler EL, who directed Lavrynovych, offered Russian citizenship in return for other attacks and glorified President Vladimir Putin, messages the BBC has uncovered show.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

They did, but the court proceeding was mostly a glorified fact-finding inquiry.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

“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

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

American rapper Kanye West has been blocked from entering Australia over a song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2025

One of my latest obsessions tantalizing my taste buds and absolutely glorifying the best of spring flavors is Green Garden Pea Dip.

From Salon May 10, 2025

Union and community leaders, four white and three black, gave emotional speeches glorifying the strength of a united laboring class.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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