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idol

[ahyd-l] / ˈaɪd l /




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Popular Japanese girl idol group Momoiro Clover Z, who were due to perform at the same event Saturday, were also affected, it said.

From Barron's

The jacket photo of “To Absent Friends,” which features Welty and Lyell in a theatrical pose, as if they were matinee idols, hints at the kind of personal theater in which they indulged as 20-somethings.

From The Wall Street Journal

More recently, the firm bought nearly half of the real-estate firm Howard Hughes, which Ackman has envisioned as a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway, referencing the company of his longtime idol, Warren Buffett.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a video shot at the scene, a Palestinian guard could be heard shouting "call the police" while the man he has wrestled to the floor calls out: "you're not allowed to have idols."

From BBC

He had been picked to join the Johnny's Jr group in 2012 - which was a talent pool of male idols in training at Kitagawa's agency Johnny & Associates.

From BBC