glorify
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“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
Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
“They glorify these weapons. They made it enticing for young kids to want to purchase these guns, and kids that young are so receptive to these types of things,” Veronica Mata told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
Firs I’m a glorify broom expert, now I’m vagran.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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