reverence
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It’s only the first scene, but it’s here where “Maddie’s Secret” establishes a critical distinction between mockery and reverence.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
By threading Celan’s poems through the lived record, Ms. Arno restores a proud, wounded, flirtatious, multilingual man often romanticized by reverence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Even North Korea, which plasters pictures of leader Kim Jong Un across the country and demands reverence, does not feature him in the passport, which instead depicts sacred Mount Paektu.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Gwennan Harries taught Jones at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, the school she attended in north west Cardiff, and remembers the reverence her rugby skills were held in.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
Having a respect that amounted to reverence for the truth, he had also its natural opposite, a loathing of a lie.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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