idolized

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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

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

Yet Norris, who idolized John Wayne as a child, became an actor as an afterthought.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Mr. Bird idolized that flawed man, and Mr. O’Brien writes that the son always claimed that Joe Bird took his life so that his ex-wife, Larry’s mother, Georgia, could receive his social-security checks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

But then he said, “Gary was young. Very creative. Ambitious. We idolized the Beats.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman