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The less exalted won’t be so lucky.—
Lionel Laurent,
Twin Cities,
24 Oct. 2025 -
Weeping delights in the exalted, the sublime, the magnificent — a symphony, a vista, megafauna, even a brilliant dissertation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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Often thought of as stuffy and overly formal, the best tablecloths can actually dignify even the coldest of leftovers and low-effort weeknight dinners.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
16 Oct. 2025
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Jericho, unswayed by the use of his first name, did not dignify this question with an answer.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Gelles avoids lionizing Patagonia’s leader, describing Chouinard’s mercurial leadership style that often bewildered his staff at Patagonia.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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That was under a government led by the founders of the state, and much lionized by liberal Zionists.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jennifer Aydin has revealed that one of seven new saints canonized by Pope Leo XIV at a recent ceremony was her great-great uncle.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Longo, a onetime satanist in the 1800s who was among seven new saints canonized this month by Pope Leo XIV, was an attorney whose foray into the occult purportedly led him to promise his soul to a demon.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Culturally, Shinto and Buddhist traditions emphasize respect for life and nature, which are deeply valued in Japan; in Nagano and Gifu prefectures, black bears are sometimes revered as mountain deities, researchers wrote in a paper this summer.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The archipelago is revered as one of the best places to spot Brazil’s wildlife, both above and below the surface of the water.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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This is something new in the techno-sphere that for the longest time elevated and venerated the founder/CEO as superstar.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Apotheosize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosize. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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