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idolization



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Still, defectors often say the hardest thing about transitioning to the outside world is shedding their idolization of Kim.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

I drew on my idolization of my sister who was the coolest, punkest person ever.

From Salon May 1, 2023

Williams will stay relevant through financial savvy, celebrity and the idolization of younger stars who will follow her script.

From Washington Post Aug. 27, 2022

There’s this idolization that happens in Silicon Valley, but I think for 90 percent of the founders, it was just luck.

From Slate Dec. 8, 2021

He hated the idea of the black inferiority complex and castigated what he called the worship and idolization of the West and their ideas.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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