revering

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It wasn’t a big part, but Butler had grown up revering Tarantino’s work, and he wasn’t going to pass on the dream of working with him.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

The North’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said North Korea is revering Kim Il Sung as “eternal president” under the “outstanding leadership of comrade Kim Jong Un.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Duterte’s supporters began revering Ronald dela Rosa, his shaven-headed chief of the National Police, who took on a rock star image and had women screaming in adoration in the streets.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2021

Sociologists often distinguish between "benevolent" sexism, which is often expressed in terms of "revering" and "protecting" women, and "hostile" sexism, commonly called "misogyny," or the hatred of women.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2021

Rev′erence, fear arising from high respect: respectful awe: veneration: honour: an act of revering or obeisance: a bow or courtesy: a title of the clergy.—v.t. to regard with reverence: to venerate or honour.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various