adore
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Even those critics who panned “Marie Antoinette” 20 years ago could find something to adore here.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
But why do people adore it more than a decade on?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
All five banks reported billions of dollars in stock repurchases last quarter, which shareholders adore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“You mean Richard Krupp? I don’t like Richard because he’s an arrogant jerk. But he is the top-rated anchor in Saint Pete. The viewers adore him. And he hates me.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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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
‘I just know. The Empire State Building. The Chrysler. Salim adores big buildings. He wants to be an architect one day. Isn’t that right, love?’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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Holmes frequently related how she grew up spending summers and holidays with her uncle, who she adored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
She has an up-and-down relationship with her one close friend, and she hesitates to bother her adored brother, Laurie, if it means bothering Laurie’s wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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
There was a part of me that adored his uncertainty.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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The plainness is deliberate; Fields conveys quiet comfort and adoring acceptance without ever slipping into sentimentality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jackie initially said she did not want children, but by 42 Up was an adoring mother to three boys.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
On the campaign trail, Siegmund -- a former entrepreneur with a sharp undercut hairstyle and a huge social media following -- has been mobbed by adoring fans, many wearing T-shirts bearing his likeness.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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
He has the misfortune of adoring foreign words without knowing what they mean.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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