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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr] / əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr /


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But the ambitious young women who adore them don’t really understand them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

"We are best mates. What you see on screen is very much our real life relationship, we adore each other. I can't wait for the world to meet all of them," says Rex.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

But if you really adore the art form, Letterboxd’s popularity is a rare net positive in an era when tech is largely being used to pit humanity against art and each other.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

“As a full-time solo RV woman I absolutely adore this!” one person wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

The nursing students, who are all West Indian like Nurse Monica, and young, unlike her, absolutely adore him and give him big smiles, which increases his activity.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The 54-year-old fisherman from a small village in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, has been a superfan of the Argentine football team since the 1980s and adores superstar Lionel Messi.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

“There are confused feelings that Caroline goes through because she absolutely adores and loves her husband.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

Mr. Jacobs also adores the look of the taxi dancers—“broken dolls,” he calls them—in Bob Fosse’s movie “Sweet Charity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Because he adores our mother and knew we could never afford it, Peter pretended not to like it.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The family wrote, “She was adored by her sisters and she was deeply loved by her parents. In fact, she was the light of our lives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

I adored her from Day One; how could you not?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

He offers a masculinity with actual range, one that can be soft and adored and unafraid to be looked at, one that treats femininity as a color to wear rather than a threat to survive.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Parton adored Stallone, whom she called “better than popcorn.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Lucia adored Sissy who was the only one in this new world who had treated her kindly.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

"I love color. I love painting. I love shapes. I love composition. I love the people all around me. I'm adoring it all. My legacy is in the hands of other people."

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Little is known about Graham—or, apparently, by Graham—and it’s not as if the state’s right wing was ever adoring of her late brother.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

Like Grande to her adoring fans, Maddie is Deena’s idol, and Deena measures Maddie’s success by her work benchmarks and public visibility.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

But since then he has done exactly that, many times and to great effect for adoring fans around the world throughout the band's big-selling reunion tour last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I want to see Prince Alfred lose his adoring flock of females.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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