idol
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“The teen idol angle was orchestrated to some degree,” Gray said during a Q&A event in 2012, according to Comic Book Resources.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I cared deeply for him, I loved him, he was my idol and my friend," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Once the quintessential ’90s heartthrob, Hartnett has parlayed the goodwill from his hunky idol days into something far more compelling.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
But he was famous way before politics—Pulido is a Tejano star, a 1990s teen idol, a Tejano Backstreet Boy before there were the Backstreet Boys.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
The peregrine falcon stood hooded on a perch in the corner, a motionless idol dreaming of other skies.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Those movies are my comfort food, and those women were my idols as a kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Temporary tents housing idols of Goddess Durga and other deities are set up across cities and towns.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But Eatherly was so extreme, he made even his idols blush.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The actors in the videos are to become the people’s new friends and idols, such that forming relationships with friends and family is no longer necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Once having set up her idols and built altars to diem it was inevitable that she would worship there.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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