idol

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Its idol marketing business has performed much better than expected, the brokerage says, significantly lifting 2026-2028 earnings forecasts for the Thai company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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

Van Der Beek became a teen idol, a level of public spotlight he has said he wasn’t quite prepared for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Before her fateful downhill run Sunday — one that ended with a violent crash after 13 seconds — Lindsey Vonn pulled on a pair of out-of-production gloves from her childhood skiing idol, Picabo Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

He had his alto sax idol, Johnny Hodges, with Duke Ellington’s band, but he said he thought too many young musicians were only carbon-copying the big-band names on the same instrument.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey