fetish
Example Sentences
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Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Ranging in age from toddlers to teens, these girls speak with a moral clarity that cuts through any defense of this country’s carceral fetish.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025
We are running on the energy of farmers’ labor and transmuting it into fetish object, and it feels almost beautiful on set in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
"Or it was chic the first time Lloyd did it, but now it just looks like a fetish for ventilation ducts."
From BBC • May 24, 2024
It was idiocy, I thought, the military bed-making fetish, but the wisdom of the advice was immediately clear.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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