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
And more than that, the name of the law, the Epstein Transparency Act, frustrates her as she said it continues to glorify an abuser and his actions.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025
“One of the peculiarities of squares is their screwy propensity to glorify rogues and scoundrels.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024
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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