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lionize

[lahy-uh-nahyz] / ˈlaɪ əˌnaɪz /


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There’s also a whole bit in the courtroom of David swatting at a fly as his attorney attempts to lionize him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

It refuses to lionize Logan, but it's still a tough act to follow.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

They like the stories that either demonize or lionize these people.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023

Mr. Ostin’s unflagging support for artists led them to lionize him.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

So ready as he was to challenge anything which smacked of conventionality or pretension, he was not quite a safe poet to lionize or to ask into mixed company.

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry




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