idol
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"If someone chants the name of Mother Bonbibi, she will save his life from tigers, snakes, and crocodiles," said villager Ashutosh Mandal, 63, referring to a deity whose idol is worshipped at temples.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The group was initially conceived as a hip-hop crew, but Bang decided to adopt a "K-pop idol model" after considering "the business context", he told Time in an interview in 2019.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
And in a culture so hellbent on idol worship and exhausting discourse, where every blemish is smoothed out or screamed at, “SNL” still offers us something scrappy and unvarnished.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Besides some streamer vlogs in the area, no formal article or website has ever recognized the elderly man as an idol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“What do you mean, you don’t know? You just said this guy’s your idol, right?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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