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lionize

[lahy-uh-nahyz] / ˈlaɪ əˌnaɪz /


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It's nice for people to support you, don't get me wrong, but we can't lionize people being in prison.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

There’s also a whole bit in the courtroom of David swatting at a fly as his attorney attempts to lionize him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

But I am not among your favorite legal commentators, and, as you've probably guessed from the title, I am not here to lionize Justice O'Connor.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

Glew himself, importantly, is never the target of the joke: the movie has too much affection for its subject to ridicule his eccentricities, even gently, preferring to lionize him instead.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

You know," said Joe, rather shamefacedly deprecating the desire to lionize him, "there wasn't much credit in what I did.

From Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls by Carsey, Alice




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