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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr] / əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr /


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"I absolutely adore my children," Alex says, particularly now they are old enough to play football with.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Those who adore Kurosawa’s unsettling earlier films may be thrown off by his new movie’s relatively muted approach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

She will metamorphose into a wife or consort and raise faerie children who will adore and outlive her.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

“Mom and Dad, they’re not at all like your mom and dad. But, my mom adores my dad. I know that. And I think my dad adores my mom too. He’s just not demonstrative.”

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

One part of his legacy will be that generations adored him regardless which team you supported.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

“It was dishonest work, and barely paid the bills, but Sterling adored it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

I guess Bill Plaschke decided to put on his “everyday working person” hat to attack Austin Reaves, a player that he acknowledges is adored by the fan base.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2026

I’d always felt adored by my mom, so I was unnerved when she called me over.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Like Grande to her adoring fans, Maddie is Deena’s idol, and Deena measures Maddie’s success by her work benchmarks and public visibility.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

After the final whistle, striker Mehdi Taremi thanked the adoring crowd but decried the impact of the war on his squad, from absent staff to grueling travel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

Then we collected Katz, who announced regretfully to his adoring audience that he had to go—there were mountains still to climb—and stepped valiantly back into the woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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