idolized
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Also through him, we get to watch as Susan becomes disillusioned with the thing that she idolized the most: the music industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Like many schoolboys, I idolized Indiana Jones and James Bond for all the usual reasons, not least their double lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
John Lennon, in particular, idolized Dylan, whose performance style resonates across such early Beatles tracks as “I’m a Loser” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.”
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
She also idolized Donna Summer, who she calls “mother of pop, mother of disco.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
In photographs from the time he looks like the underworld figures he idolized, the thin mustachioed thieves and gamblers who filled the seaside bars of Athens and Constantinople.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
