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verbthink of very highly; worship

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I idolize the profundity of Keatsian love letters, but on most days, affection is best communicated over a video call, watching my partner roll his eyes at my suggestion of the next trash TV we should watch.

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The first issue is that idolizing professional athletes is bad for everyone.

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If they want to idolize him, let them do it on private property.

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He idolized running back LaDainian Tomlinson, and even though his parents made sure to keep him involved in other activities — baseball, soccer, track — football spoke to him in ways no other sport could.

JAMIN DAVIS BEGAN LAST SEASON OFF THE NFL’S RADAR. IN A FEW WEEKS, HE COULD BE A FIRST-ROUND PICK.NICKI JHABVALAAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Brina, internalizing the racism of her peers, idolized her father and was “cruel” to her mother.

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There’s no reason to keep idolizing an old god just because it knows how to satisfy our cravings for salt, sugar and fat.

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His younger brother, Rye, doesn’t feel the same enthusiasm for the cause, but he idolizes Gig and follows him to a free speech rally that gets them both beaten and arrested.

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He looked as if his division might idolize him, as it was said they did.

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What was becoming weirdly clear was that these two really did idolize M1k3y, and that they'd do anything I said.

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He does so, and finds there a little girl, whom he believes to be his own child, and whom he at once begins to idolize.

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