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revere

[ri-veer] / rɪˈvɪər /


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At the Louvre, the impulse is not to revere Franklin, gazing out from inside his vitrine, but to approach him—to bend down, to look him in the eye.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The site is considered holy to Christians – who revere it as the site of Jesus's last Supper – and to Jews who see it as the tomb of the biblical King David.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Under long‑standing arrangements, Jews may visit the compound -- which they revere as the site of the first and second Jewish temples -- but they are not permitted to pray there.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

There is a Mexican essence in this tough, labor-leading Midwest town, and it’s transmitted in the foods that local people of all backgrounds revere.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

“He often infuriates me, but he’s old. I’ve been taught to revere and obey such people. It’s just...built in.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

As somebody who has come up through the department, who reveres it, what do the two sides of that coin look like?

From Slate Nov. 24, 2025

His wife, whom Mr. Murray plainly reveres, is a Quaker who doesn’t care all that much about the factual questions that bother him in this book.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Anxious to finish his shift in time for a celebratory dinner, he finds himself teamed with Travis, “the annoying new kid,” a chatterbox who conversely reveres Russell as a god.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

And she crossed herself devoutly, for pious Brittany, as you know, reveres fairies as much as saints.

From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz

It’s only one of the most revered sporting venues in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

A total of 80 Americans are missing in Nepal and Tibet, many of them pilgrims who were visiting sacred lakes revered by Hindus and Buddhists.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Although he was revered by his men, former Yugoslav army spokesman Ljubodrag Stojadinovic once described him as "narcissistic, conceited, vain and arrogant".

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

When Goretzka arrived at Bayern from Schalke in 2018, he was revered as a modern type of midfielder, who could essentially play every position in the middle of the field.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

“Well, if someone you revered were in trouble, wouldn’t you do anything to save him from destruction?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

The film purports to show how socioeconomic inequality is a result of “the cultural pendulum swinging too far towards revering things we consider ‘masculine,’ like individualism, power, and money,” according to the nonprofit’s website.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"This tells me about the whole community, this tells me about how they were thinking, how they were behaving, how they were revering the heavens."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

But know this: Parenting culture is moving toward greater respect for all while still caring for and revering our elders.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2023

In the small West Texas town of Muleshoe, where two of college football’s foremost masterminds were made, Wes Wood grew up revering Lincoln Riley.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 2023

He, like the New Englander, was so busy thinking on and revering a past that was dead, that he owned little space for anything else.

From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis




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