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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr] / əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr /


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It is the kind of attitude managers adore.

From BBC Jul. 25, 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

I also feared I would lose a vehicle I adore, which I amplified in a frantic series of messages to my co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

“Though I worry how much Perrington’s courting will interfere; but I do adore the man for inviting me to Rifthold. My mother must be writhing in her grave!”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

For Fatima, a practicing Muslim who adores her parents, the stakes feel even higher.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

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

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

"He was the greatest dad and he was everybody's favourite grandad, but especially to India, Jude, Cass and Coco who adored him," she added, referring to her four children.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

"Her kids were everything to her. She adored her kids. She wouldn't have done something that would have jeopardised that."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The futile paradox of these so-called live-action adaptations is they require a tsunami of pixels to surround actual human performers with everything audiences adored the first time.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

He purchased the truck after an accident totaled his older Ranger, which he also adored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

She gives in to the fact of it, being quietly adored.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

He sucked up the energy provided by a swell of support from thousands of adoring fans and again moved within one shot of the lead.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Mboladinga, 49, sometimes called the “grandson of Lumumba” by adoring fans, says he is pleased that he will be bringing Lumumba’s legacy to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

It is their first trip to Australia since 2018, when they spent two weeks touring the country as well as New Zealand and Pacific islands in a visit that drew adoring throngs of crowds.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

In flashbacks — Ambrine Trigo-Ouaked portrays the younger Alpha — we see glimpses of affection for his adoring niece, but Rahim illustrates that Amin’s debilitating craving will always be his principal love.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

My heart was breaking in my chest at the thought of tiny, eight-year-old Sahil realizing people were so much more adoring of his brother.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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