revered
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Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Alan Greenspan was revered in the 1980s and 1990s for supporting the stock market, but retrospective views cloud his legacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The shows were revered locally—in 2006, the town of Woodstock, N.Y., declared May 20 “Levon Helm Day”—and they carried on after the drummer’s death in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Despite being revered as World Cup top scorer in 1958, Fontaine never got a Golden Boot - the award was not introduced until 1982.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
But Everett was well qualified: universally revered, and a dab hand at battlefields, he’d already played Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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