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adoration

[ad-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌæd əˈreɪ ʃən /


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It opens with Ankhmerwer standing in adoration before a gilded Osiris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

They also made a decision that may have assisted in the adoration for Madigan, and kept the character a secret in the marketing campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

The sapphic adoration for Hudson Williams is rooted in a deeper desire for romantic queer representation.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

A pumped-up Volkanovski, a former rugby league player, basked in the adoration of the febrile 20,000-person crowd at Qudos Bank Arena in his first world title defence on Australian soil.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

But sometimes Jinjoo wished her mother’s obsessive adoration of their father would not shut her children out.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh