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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr] / əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr /


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But if you really adore the art form, Letterboxd’s popularity is a rare net positive in an era when tech is largely being used to pit humanity against art and each other.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

“As a full-time solo RV woman I absolutely adore this!” one person wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

"You have an audience that adore you. An audience that enjoy the content," he wrote.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Build a character we’d adore and kill them, from nowhere, in the second to last episode of the season.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

“Oh, come let us adore Him, Oh, come let us adore Him”: a cathedral choir, an exalted music that moved Perry to tears—which refused to stop, even after the music did.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Morton raves, and off she goes, telling me how much she adores Jim Henson and how “The Dark Crystal” is one of her all-time favorite films.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The 54-year-old fisherman from a small village in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, has been a superfan of the Argentine football team since the 1980s and adores superstar Lionel Messi.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2026

Martin, who turns 74 on Sunday, reached his milestone with Celtic, a club he adores, so it must have been something special.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

Meng is eighteen and adores us younger children.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

"He was the greatest dad and he was everybody's favourite grandad, but especially to India, Jude, Cass and Coco who adored him," she added, referring to her four children.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The futile paradox of these so-called live-action adaptations is they require a tsunami of pixels to surround actual human performers with everything audiences adored the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Slate Auto’s all-electric truck aims to prove that affordable cars can be both profitable and adored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Two years ago the Tartan Army were adored at Euro 2024.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

How did you explain to someone—how did you explain to a child, a child you loved—that someone they adored was not to be trusted?

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

But since then he has done exactly that, many times and to great effect for adoring fans around the world throughout the band's big-selling reunion tour last year.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

It is their first trip to Australia since 2018, when they spent two weeks touring the country as well as New Zealand and Pacific islands in a visit that drew adoring throngs of crowds.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

In flashbacks — Ambrine Trigo-Ouaked portrays the younger Alpha — we see glimpses of affection for his adoring niece, but Rahim illustrates that Amin’s debilitating craving will always be his principal love.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Salah's statistics deliver the evidence - but so much more lies beneath the numbers for the iconic Anfield figure labelled the 'Egyptian King' by his adoring followers on the Kop.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

I turn, and the girl standing there is transparent in her emotions—tentative and expectant, nervous and adoring.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan




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