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We should be hesitant to place halos around the heads of people we admire, just as we shouldn’t totally condemn those with whom we disagree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“There’s much to admire in ‘Howl’s Moving Castle,’ which is precisely the problem,” remarked film critic Stephanie Zacharek in her 2005 review for Salon.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Should I admire them greatly, or is there some underlying dynamic that reveals this all to be kind of pathetic?

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Italian giants Juventus and Serie A champions Inter are interested in Stones - the latter also admire Spence - while Leeds United want to keep the Yorkshire-born defender in the Premier League.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I admire that he got a PhD and became a professor, and now he’s a leading expert on literature from the Midwest.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The obvious gem of the collection is the attention-getting title story, about the Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died in 2024 — and whose complex, layered short fiction Aviv admires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Teju said she supported Bukayo Saka - and his partner Tolami Benson, whose outfits she admires.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Plus, Hodin, 37, a freelance writer who chronicled her “groomzilla” experience for Vogue, admires his gold-plated tastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Buffett admires him, and Cook could bring stature and tech savvy to a company that isn’t a leader in employing technology.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

“My son considers the Lady Aurelia his closest friend. He deeply admires her.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

This referred to the combination of aggressive monetary easing, fiscal stimulus and structural reforms under assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, a figure greatly admired by Japan's first woman leader Takaichi.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

PSG have been a club Diomande admired as a kid, with his dad being a supporter of the 14-time French champions.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Growing up in Derby, England, he admired films like “Citizen Kane” and “Taxi Driver” because they centered on “characters you don’t completely understand.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“I admired their simplicity and generosity and thought of the pictures I made as agreements,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

While Hannah admired an exhibit on rare gems, the girls checked out the Abominable Snowman exhibit.

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene

Mr. Ackroyd is admiring of Auden’s poetic accomplishment, from his recondite early work to the later, more conversational and religiously inspired verses that some critics have disliked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

You know a movie is adrift when you spend the running time admiring the grooming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

My colleague Alex Kirshner wrote about @FreddyLA7, a German X user visiting the U.S. for the tournament whose admiring, travelogue-style posts about Taco Bell, state parks, and other Americana are going viral.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

The 19-year-old Mboko was the driving force in the second set, earning admiring fist-bumps from Williams as she unloaded winner after winner.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

I’d spend a lifetime admiring him for his ease.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama