glorify
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Insp Pete Musgrave says he is aware of social media being used to "glorify" thefts and understands the frustration of victims.
From BBC • May 19, 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
Much of this imagery is hyper unrealistic and intended to glorify rather than mislead.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Naturally, such arches tend to glorify the emperor.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
Don’t they all glorify God as much as ‘Paul’ and ‘Peter’ and ‘Simon’?” Aunty Ifeoma was getting annoyed; I knew by her raised voice, by her snappy tone.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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