venerated
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Chavéz, whom the lawsuit called “a folk saint,” has been venerated across California for decades, with scores of schools, streets, parks and public buildings named in his honor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But “Tony” isn’t a portrait of Bourdain as the venerated television host or the author of the bestselling 2000 book “Kitchen Confidential,” in the midst of his stint at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The clause survives as decoration: incorporated, venerated, and incapable of stopping a single seizure.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Buddhist monks are highly venerated in Thailand, entrusted with preserving and passing on the Buddha's teachings.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
This was always followed by Collins’s Ode on the Passions, wherein I particularly venerated Mr. Wopsle as Revenge throwing his blood-stained sword in thunder down, and taking the War-denouncing trumpet with a withering look.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
