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His path to this moment began with a Japanese TV show he watched as a child, featuring a charismatic violinist-pianist he quickly came to idolize.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

They idolize him beyond anything that is reasonable.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024

Not being able to live the idealized versions of herself—which include visions of being surrounded by friends and fans who love and idolize her for her beauty and talent—leaves Tessa profoundly distressed.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

Said Brink: “Coming from Jayne, that’s the biggest compliment. I idolize her. She was such an amazing player.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

The more I’d learned about Halliday’s life, the more I’d grown to idolize him.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

But I bet anything Trump idolizes Grant more for his charisma, presence, and comic timing in comedies like Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

His cross-country supremacy has made him one of the most famous and beloved athletes in a country that idolizes the stars of winter sports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Wales wing Louis Rees Zammit provided the strangest tale of the weekend after revealing he idolizes soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and even dresses like him, down to wearing Ronaldo’s branded underwear.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

“Rob was telling me about this kid, ‘Vargy,’ and ‘how much he looks up to you and how much he idolizes you,’” Martinez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

His children worship him; his wife idolizes him; each man and woman on the place regards him with admiring affection.

From The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth by Agnes Rothery

But Ike was never the sort of man-on-horseback-style commander that Churchill idolized in the manner of the First Duke of Marlborough, Napoleon Bonaparte or the Duke of Wellington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Adam Lankford, a criminologist at the University of Alabama who has studied the global proliferation of mass shootings, said the internet gives broad access to online communities where mass shooters are idolized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

John Lennon, in particular, idolized Dylan, whose performance style resonates across such early Beatles tracks as “I’m a Loser” and “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away.”

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026

In place of the populars, Day said she began measuring herself against her favorite electronic artists, whose style of performance she idolized but felt she could never approximate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

While my friends idolized John Glenn, Sandy Koufax, and Johnny Unitas, my own heroes were Hombein and Unsoeld.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

That sort of focus doesn’t come naturally to all of today’s entrepreneurs who grew up idolizing Jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

If “Dawson’s Creek” was a mirror of Williamson’s starry-eyed years spent idolizing Steven Spielberg and dreaming of making it out of his small town, “The Waterfront” tells a murkier chapter of his family history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

John speaks about being fascinated by the piano for as long as he can remember, watching and idolizing English pianist Winifred Atwell when she would play on television.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024

But that hasn’t stopped South Korean baseball fans from idolizing a fellow East Asian player whose achievements are so rare they nearly defy imagination.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

Siobhan's father loved tennis, but he grew up idolizing a team in another sport.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson