as in hero
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion a movie star whose portrayal of a comic book superhero in a blockbuster series has made him the idol of millions

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Recent Examples of idol That’s because the advantage up for grabs was a Knowledge is Power… which would have been dramatically amazing for any other player to use it against idol and advantage holding Eva, but what would Eva do with it? Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 May 2025 The area’s vibrant reef attracts a wide array of marine life, including fish like yellow tang and Moorish idols, making the area an easy wade-in snorkeling spot. Rachel Ng, AFAR Media, 7 May 2025 For the artist, who began his musical journey as a contestant of 2018’s K-pop reality survival show, Under Nineteen, competing against 56 other contestants for a spot in a new K-pop idol group. Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025 My childhood idol, and the indefatigable chronicler of our games (check Partletonsports.com). Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for idol
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hero
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  • Harvard’s heroes in this fight are President Reagan, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, and Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • The film follows Juan Debré (Peretti), an actor who’s spent a lifetime playing the hero in a TV series while remaining detached from his own identity.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 12 May 2025

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“Idol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idol. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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