hero worship
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It seems less hero worship than a reunion of old friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The hero worship was taken too far when first one fan, then another, then another raced on to the pitch to get a selfie.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But maybe Cohn just wants to bask in Trump’s sycophantic hero worship of him?
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
Herbert wrote about his distrust — hatred, even — of hero worship and how it influenced Dune for the July 1980 issue of Omni Magazine.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
They help us to peel back some of the layers of legend and hero worship that obscure the whole story of American history.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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