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He hopes the early ’80s nostalgia will resonate not just for those who experienced it firsthand, but for young people now who romanticize a smartphone-free existence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The old common-law “hue and cry” is not a model to romanticize; it could be coercive, punitive, and exclusionary.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

By depicting Oklahoma rez life through the eyes of the restless teenagers raised on movies that romanticize escaping home to find themselves, Harjo’s stories bubbled over with joy and ridiculousness.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

“It’s easy to romanticize it, to say, ‘I want to live among the locals.’

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

It is important to keep in mind, though, that many rappers and hip-hop artists do not aim to glorify or romanticize gangsta life or culture.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The comedy premiered in 2015 on the CW and is about a character so desperate to feel happy that she romanticizes a relationship she had as a teenager at summer camp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

I intentionally wear my green bok choy earrings for the interview because, after watching the series, I think that if there’s anyone who can appreciate how nostalgia romanticizes the simplest of objects, it’s Wang.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Poet romanticizes her career, and her career is her everything, and that stays really true for the past, present and future.

From Salon ● May 24, 2023

“It very much romanticizes the idea of what not only Maori are going through but many Indigenous cultures around the world and almost downplays the suffering,” both from the past and present, Poole said.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022

He misses Caroline terribly, and romanticizes her as the ideal woman.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

He’s not unaware that Meyers’ mostly 20-something male friends have — like many — romanticized the gritty abandon of lower Manhattan’s bygone literary scene and perhaps Ed’s tenuous place in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Family told her to move on and friends romanticized her ordeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

While home swapping is romanticized in movies like “The Holiday,” the idea of actually letting a stranger stay in your house while you’re not there might feel daunting.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

There is nothing romanticized about the pain her characters experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Since I’ve known him. If he had any sense, he would’ve tossed out that romanticized idea of her he’s had for so long and gotten to work doing something useful.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Herzog depicts the bushmen who aid Boyes as dignified, diligent and intelligent without romanticizing them while capturing the rugged beauty of the African landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

"We are not romanticizing poverty. We want to change the prejudice that exists in people's minds."

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

As Ms. Low says, many women need to “stop romanticizing work” and “remember that your employer will never love you back.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

“I think that romanticizing sick artists perpetuates this thing that’s super negative, especially for women,” Gaga said.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

“It sounds nice. But do you think you arc romanticizing? ‘The restless grey sea’?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins