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pedestal

[ped-uh-stl] / ˈpɛd ə stl /


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“Drake was very highly regarded before then. For some people, that knocked him off the pedestal a bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

A "Japan glazer" is "someone who puts everything that comes from Japan on a pedestal, while disparaging things that come from their own country", Louzembi said.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“I don’t believe that there is one hero for our movements. Movements are led by a collective, and you can’t create some pedestal for one person, because humans will always fail you.”

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

“We’re all sitting there at the Forum and he’s on the damn pedestal talking and he said, ‘I’m guaranteeing everyone here next year we are going to win it again.’

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Which was why I was standing on the pedestal in the tailoring room of my family’s clothing store, in nothing but my underpants and socks, waiting to get measured.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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