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put on a pedestal





VERB
idealize
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My hero, who I had put on a pedestal, was just a kid, just a human.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Ms Hill-Uekawa adds that she shouldn't be put on a pedestal simply because she is a woman.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025

A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.

From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2023

“A lot of it was because I was put on a pedestal for a very long time due to being the first born and having so much responsibility,” Gonzalez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

It is only the Carlyle kind of hero who could ever be put on a pedestal, or who would stay there if put there.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Gerald Stanley Lee


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