feted

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It’s a query that McCarthy, who came of age — and amassed megawatt fame — as a 1980s heartthrob in films like “Class” and “Pretty in Pink” before transitioning to feted author, longs to address.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

On Tuesday, he was grinning and gripping in the Oval Office, feted by Donald Trump, along with most of his teammates.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Missing became a theme for the feted Swedish skip, the 40-year-old repeatedly failing to ask the questions that Mouat posed.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Instead, for his theft, he was feted as a hero in the U.S.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

The philosophers in the audience were scandalized by this claim; Galileo was naturally thrilled to have been vindicated and feted.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton