idol

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The sport is now deep into its next generation of champions and Woods hovers over all of it, both as an idol to today’s contenders and a heavyweight force behind the game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The media and entertainment company’s idol marketing business is overtaking its TV and content businesses by revenue contribution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Those songs will undoubtedly be scrutinised by fans, especially after Jungkook recently posted, and then deleted, a livestream video in which he shared his frustrations with life as a K-Pop idol.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Arias, the Fresno councilman and a former farmworker himself, acknowledged that Chavez has “been an idol to us as a community, because he fought and advocated for ourselves and our parents who are farmworkers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Ten kids, all the same age as Kyle, were up onstage with his idol, Mr. Lemoncello.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein