idol
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Arias, the Fresno councilman and a former farmworker himself, acknowledged that Chavez has “been an idol to us as a community, because he fought and advocated for ourselves and our parents who are farmworkers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Like the idol supergroups it celebrates, this Netflix hit has been engineered to entertain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
"That was one about my idol," he told the Birmingham crowd.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Nearly 20,000 spectators in Bayamon, on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, a US territory, gave the Argentine idol a standing ovation when he finally entered the game.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
I mean, there he was, my idol, right before me.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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