idealize
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With a book by Jessie Nelson adapted from Adrienne Shelly‘s film script, “Waitress” has a humanizing matter-of-factness about tropes that other theatrical stories about women often idealize.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
A number of Googlers I spoke with framed January’s job cuts—which took place via email—as a wake-up call for Googlers who still idealize their employer.
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2023
“I am going to speak out against those who praise fascist murderers and idealize extremists. I am going to speak out against Holocaust deniers. I’m going to call those out who won’t do it.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Penjing, as it developed over the centuries, didn’t idealize nature but rather portrayed — or, as some bonsai scholars suggest, exaggerated — its strange, expansive beauty.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021
Only I can’t seem to keep that up for too long before my natural urge to idealize goes into effect.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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