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glorify

[glawr-uh-fahy, glohr-] / ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr- /




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Nawrocki said Kyiv's "decision to glorify the UPA is not only outrageous" but also "deeply disappointing", undermining "reconciliation" between the two nations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

“The campaign to glorify him,” wrote one biographer in 1988, “has surpassed fanatic religious fervor. The North Korean ‘sun of the nation’ shines both day and night, and it is hard to escape his ubiquity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Naturally, such arches tend to glorify the emperor.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

TV shows and social media can glorify the idea of student life.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

For there were twenty-four of them, each one given his night to preach—to shine, as it were, before men, and to glorify his Heavenly Father.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

They will also be held directly responsible for protecting under-18s from pornography, online bullying, content that glorifies crime, and content that encourages eating disorders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Klee’s “National Socialist Revolution Drawings”—childlike works merging abstraction and expressionism—also challenged the Führer’s demand for “realism” that glorifies the Nordic‑German ideal of beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Even remembering how wide a beach used to be, or how the cliffs once withstood the tide, glorifies the notion that resilience is measured by our ability to remain unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

"However," it added, "this does not mean at all that the image glorifies these figures or attributes any dignity to them."

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024

The very least attention from Carlyle just glorifies me.

From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Edward John Hardy

‘Spider-Noir’ star Nicolas Cage says the MCU started off ‘marvelous’ but is becoming more like a ‘well-funded and glorified WWE.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Yes, you’re getting a glorified ad for a tech company, but this wasn’t going to have the uncanny-valley, human-repelling motifs so common in all the other infomercials for A.I. products.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the meantime, her own Los Angeles abode became more of a glorified closet than a true home.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Hiding away in a glorified ice chest would also have been a blow to the 80-year-old’s dignity.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Fourth cook, I knew, was just a glorified name for dishwasher, but it wouldn’t be my first time, and just as long as I traveled where I wanted, it didn’t make any difference to me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“Duchamp Takes New York” readily conforms to the predictable narrative about the artist, glorifying his influence and spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Sansal may be free, but prominent French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes remains in an Algerian prison, sentenced to seven years for "glorifying terrorism" for having sought to interview an outlawed group.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

It’s not surprising that a movie glorifying Formula One wouldn’t get into the well-documented controversies that have plagued the sport.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

It’s an idea that has existed in most cultures and religions for millennia — glorifying cleaning as a spiritual act or the precursor to a spiritual act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025

But his battle with Riefenstahl—ultimately and ironically a battle over a shared goal, glorifying the ideals of the Nazis—raged on throughout the remainder of the games and beyond.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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