romanticized

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Licolli, the poultry organizer, said she has “never romanticized the immigrant community and the immigrant movement.”

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

She also felt “untethered” from her college friends who, she writes, romanticized her time with revolutionaries as “far out” and “cool.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Its pitch was to show the Golden State as a romanticized destination, one that in the post-Gold Rush era has often given America permission to dream.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 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

A sort of mystical fairy tale, it romanticized and celebrated the simple life of German farmers living harmoniously with nature on their German soil.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown