pedestal

She’s been on the pedestal, built up just so people could smirk when they tore her down.

They are the team the others have to knock off that pedestal.

“Marvel does not put their characters up on a pedestal,” Wilcox says.

He has won four consecutive drivers' titles with his current team, but in the past 18 months Red Bull have slipped from their competitive pedestal.

Placing perfection on a pedestal relieves the collective anxiety — but prohibits the opportunity — of accepting failure as an integral part of life.