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hero worship





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The Emergency was also a stark warning against the perils of hero worship - something embodied in the towering political persona of Indira Gandhi.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

But maybe Cohn just wants to bask in Trump’s sycophantic hero worship of him?

From Salon Nov. 10, 2024

A fitting coda to a childish slog of hero worship.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2024

Herbert wrote about his distrust — hatred, even — of hero worship and how it influenced Dune for the July 1980 issue of Omni Magazine.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2024

In Danville they had made him the object of hero worship.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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