idolize
Example Sentences
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Admirers kept him on a pedestal even as former UFW members alleged over the last two decades that the boss they once idolized purged too many good people in the name of absolute control.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Bird idolized that flawed man, and Mr. O’Brien writes that the son always claimed that Joe Bird took his life so that his ex-wife, Larry’s mother, Georgia, could receive his social-security checks.
His cross-country supremacy has made him one of the most famous and beloved athletes in a country that idolizes the stars of winter sports.
“Just because I grew up idolizing a lot of those guys.”
From Los Angeles Times
His path to this moment began with a Japanese TV show he watched as a child, featuring a charismatic violinist-pianist he quickly came to idolize.
From Los Angeles Times
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