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That made it an object to venerate as well as a beacon amid political storms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

These mob-like depictions occurred long before cult-favorite films like Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 “The Godfather” and Brian De Palma 1983’s “Scarface” became the prominent gangster storylines various male acts venerate in their music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 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

It is, however, one reason why we venerate the founders.

From Slate ● May 8, 2024

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

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Within a legal profession that venerates judges and worships the Supreme Court, this is borderline heresy.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Rinaldi said that while the art world venerates male artists — Warhol, Dalí, Picasso — who make their way into popular culture, it can judge women harshly.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

Boy Gru venerates these villains and wants to join them.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

Xi wants to be both a visionary reformer who will secure the "great rejuvenation of the Chinese people," and a virtuous traditionalist who venerates China's cultural heritage and studies the lessons of his imperial predecessors.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2021

The Pope assures her that the archbishop, as well as himself, venerates the doctrinal decisions of the Four Councils.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

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

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 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 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastery with emblematic golden domes, is venerated by both the Russian and Ukrainian wings of the Orthodox Church as one of their most important spiritual centres.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

St Francis is one of the most venerated figures in Christianity and was born in the Italian city of Assisi in 1181 or 1182.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 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

“Fernando, popularly known as “El Toro”, isn’t just a player; he’s a symbol of resilience, dedication, and passion to many like myself who grew up venerating him,” wrote Hector Gonzalez, who started the petition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024

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