glorified
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What it meant was that the 1-0 win - Harry Kane the goalscorer again - came from effectively a glorified training session carried out under the guise of international football.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Aimed squarely at kids of all sizes, “Star Wars” has become a glorified tour of a billionaire’s expanding playworld and “The Mandalorian and Grogu” wants the track well-oiled, not bumpy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
A federal court in Texas may not stop a federal court in Rhode Island from adjudicating a case by issuing a glorified restraining order against the parties.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
“Usually these visits are a glorified patting on the back,” said Andrew Roberts, a British historian and royal biographer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Every task we were assigned was just glorified busywork to keep our hands moving, our bodies occupied, and our minds dead with boredom.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
