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idol

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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“The teen idol angle was orchestrated to some degree,” Gray said during a Q&A event in 2012, according to Comic Book Resources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I cared deeply for him, I loved him, he was my idol and my friend," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

But he was famous way before politics—Pulido is a Tejano star, a 1990s teen idol, a Tejano Backstreet Boy before there were the Backstreet Boys.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Whatever the message was — a self-aware nod to Grande’s own struggles, a defensive reply to those saying she’s too thin, a criticism of blind idol worship — it was quickly lost.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Does it make an idol out of Hitler?

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Those movies are my comfort food, and those women were my idols as a kid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But Eatherly was so extreme, he made even his idols blush.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The actors in the videos are to become the people’s new friends and idols, such that forming relationships with friends and family is no longer necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

He happened to be a talented footballer, too, playing a stone's throw from his idols for USO Mompiano, before joining lower-league side Lumezzane and then AC Milan at the age of 12.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

She looked a little bit like one of my idols, Shawn Johnson, who had won the 2006 US Junior National All-Around Championship with a score that was higher than all her senior-level competitors.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles


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