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as in celebrates
to proclaim the glory of
campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record
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Recent Examples of extols
In it, Shapiro extols the virtues of using politics to improve people’s lives.
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Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
The Iberian nation has taken in millions of people from Latin America and Africa in recent years, and the leftist Sánchez regularly extols the financial and social benefits that immigrants who legally come to Spain bring to the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy.
—Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
This is the unique value of Google, according to Coletta, and the service that Google’s Peterson extolls most.
—Craig Stoltz, AFAR Media, 17 Oct. 2025
The walk is presided over by its creator, a mysterious authoritarian figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill) who extolls the sadistic contest as a boon for the spirits of the impoverished American people.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
The Iberian nation has taken in millions of people from Latin America and Africa in recent years, and the leftist Sánchez regularly extols the financial and social benefits that immigrants who legally come to Spain bring to the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy.
—Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2025
There’s a wonderful chapter in which an older woman extolls a younger one to tell a painful story not with words, but with movements, so as to expel her pain without enlisting narrative’s power to summon, and thus force a re-living, of painful events.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
This is the unique value of Google, according to Coletta, and the service that Google’s Peterson extolls most.
—Craig Stoltz, AFAR Media, 17 Oct. 2025
The walk is presided over by its creator, a mysterious authoritarian figure known as the Major (Mark Hamill) who extolls the sadistic contest as a boon for the spirits of the impoverished American people.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extols
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All four of the country musician’s albums live on the Billboard 200 this week, and one of them celebrates reaching an important milestone.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Their dreams stay dreams, while this team, the best in the world, celebrates on a makeshift stage living out a fantasy.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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Cassidy praises Sturm Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy coached in the B’s organization for 15 years, the last six-plus as head coach in Boston.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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The report includes a screenshot that appears to show Accurso engaging with a comment from an Instagram account that frequently praises Hamas and harasses Jews.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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Honest words land softly as this Moon-Chiron trine blesses your 3rd House of Local Life, especially with Luna steadying your overall tone.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2026
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But a world where any country can topple another’s rulers, as long as it is preceded into battle by an opposition party that blesses its military action, will be awfully messy.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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