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[ri-veer] / rɪˈvɪər /


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As it happens, Hegseth wasn’t alone in offending the entire Western world, which he purports to revere.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2026

The site is considered holy to Christians – who revere it as the site of Jesus's last Supper – and to Jews who see it as the tomb of the biblical King David.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Now Carlson is making his way back into the conversation by opposing the man he once claimed to revere.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

I feel about Scotland the way many Europeans feel about America: I love its people, revere its history, relish its architecture and topography and regard its present-day politics with sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

He promised to revere her as if she had been First Wife, his only wife.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

He belongs to a Hindu sect that reveres nature and follows strict vegetarianism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

A Shiite cleric, he lives frugally and was brought up in a religious tradition that reveres martyrdom.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

As somebody who has come up through the department, who reveres it, what do the two sides of that coin look like?

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

The film reveres these women not for their perfection or their myth, but for their work.

From Salon May 18, 2025

Elinor, as I have told you often, reveres her father, and has a chivalric sense of filial obligations.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

Police launched an investigation in June and arrested eight people responsible for handling donations at the revered Hindu shrine in the northern city of Ayodhya.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Despite being revered as World Cup top scorer in 1958, Fontaine never got a Golden Boot - the award was not introduced until 1982.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In remixing one of cinema’s most revered classics with singular comedic flair, Wain has made a contender for his best film that succeeds by tributing his own loony industry.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

How John Trumbull’s revered depiction of July 4, 1776, mixes fiction and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

He was revered by his troops and had demonstrated by that point in the war an unmatched tactical genius.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The film purports to show how socioeconomic inequality is a result of “the cultural pendulum swinging too far towards revering things we consider ‘masculine,’ like individualism, power, and money,” according to the nonprofit’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"This tells me about the whole community, this tells me about how they were thinking, how they were behaving, how they were revering the heavens."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Armstrong, who grew up revering Schulz, has a deep connection to Franklin.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

But know this: Parenting culture is moving toward greater respect for all while still caring for and revering our elders.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2023

But thou art frustrated in thy marriage with this unhappy virgin, whom I betrothed to thee, revering thy friendship.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides




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