idealize
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Historian Quinn Slobodian joins Felix Salmon to discuss the tech billionaires who idealize a world without democracy.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025
“What’s important is to not make a myth or idealize anyone, including our founder. If we made a myth out of him, we were wrong,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023
“I think that a lot of people almost idealize our jobs,” said Kim Yutani, director of programming for the Sundance Film Festival.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023
Letting go of a lost cause has two difficult and complicated steps, oversimplified as follows: Fill up your life meaningfully without this person, and resist the temptation to idealize what isn’t there.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2022
Not much to idealize when you know your aunt is crying herself to sleep next door and nothing can be done.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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