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Similarly, we both embrace holy tradition, including the Bible, the church fathers and the seven ancient ecumenical councils, and we venerate the cross, Mary, saints, icons and holy relics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Affectionate fans venerate the dialogue’s electric crackle and the cast’s peerless comedic timing.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

The trillion-dollar pay package has its roots in Musk’s desire to control 25% of Tesla stock, so he can’t be pushed out, even though most long-time Tesla investors and his board venerate his leadership.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2025

This should matter to folks on the left and the right, to those who venerate higher education and those who vote in favor of states’ rights against federal overreach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025

“Oh? And how does this authority venerate my father?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

His considerable height, lean frame and beard only added to the sense that, at least in spirit, Mr. Glass has succeeded in summoning the man he so clearly venerates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

That “Project Hail Mary” venerates the art of filmmaking is just one of its many marvelous aspects, but one that should not be overlooked.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Boy Gru venerates these villains and wants to join them.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

No matter how deeply one venerates Priestley, or how great honor is ascribed to him, the question continues why the simpler French view was not adopted by this honest student.

From Priestley in America 1794-1804 by Edgar Fahs Smith

Chavéz, whom the lawsuit called “a folk saint,” has been venerated across California for decades, with scores of schools, streets, parks and public buildings named in his honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The clause survives as decoration: incorporated, venerated, and incapable of stopping a single seizure.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

With its nostalgically-painted, golden-maned horses, wistful French chanson music wafting as it turns, the Carrousel de St Pierre, by the venerated Sacre Coeur Church, is a firm favourite amongst tourists to Paris.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Mr. Salonen, who turns 68 years old later this month, was once a revolutionary in classical-music circles but is now something closer to a vaunted tradition’s venerated elder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

The peach-faced Lombardy, who wasn’t in the running for the title, was playing the venerated Reshevsky, and the Old Fox stood at 9½ points.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The U.S.-influenced counterculture of the 1960s inverted the social order, venerating indigenous folkways and fueling aspirations for full independence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026

At the Butovo firing range, a Stalin-era execution site near Moscow that has become a shrine to his victims, visiting Russians warned against venerating the wartime leader or emulating his ideas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

The themes of performances at Mr Gopalakrishnan's house include honouring a deified ancestor, venerating a warrior-hunter deity, and worshipping tiger spirits symbolising strength and protection.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

They interfered with rituals for venerating ancestors, and families were sometimes split when some members became Christians and others did not.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

There was a village in the north of France where peasants were venerating a dog as a saint.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz