lionization

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Elon: After enjoying years of lionization as a brilliant, farsighted entrepreneur and savior of the human race, Musk found reality catching up with and outpacing the myth.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2023

Her status as a mysterious, cloistered figure had been solidified after a decade of speculation and lionization on Internet message boards and blogs as crate diggers shared rips of her impossibly rare LPs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2021

Some Egyptian commentators have contrasted the lionization of Mr. Zaki’s accusers with the treatment of the seven women jailed for posting TikTok videos.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2020

Image: Wikipedia If there’s a dark side to the film’s idealism, it’s General Magic’s lionization of punishing development crunch times.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2018

Then came the news of Speke's return and lionization in London.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas