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She's hit a few career highlights already, like performing with her idol David Blaine and working with Complex to host her own YouTube show.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Other artists always inspire me — not just idols, but illustrators and even fashion accounts.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Those who dream of getting paid to not work have a new set of idols to look up to.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The mental-health struggles of idols have been well-documented since K-pop’s explosion, leading some artists to speak out or to avoid a public life at all.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Other artists always inspire me — not just idols, but illustrators and even fashion accounts.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
Those who dream of getting paid to not work have a new set of idols to look up to.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2025
The mental-health struggles of idols have been well-documented since K-pop’s explosion, leading some artists to speak out or to avoid a public life at all.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idol
hero
Noun
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Everyone needs a Scott Boland, the unsung hero of Australia’s 2025-26 Ashes win.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Sure, playing Kingo, the buff immortal hero moonlighting as a Bollywood star in 2021’s Eternals — the first South Asian superhero in a Marvel movie, by the way — required a (now-viral) physical transformation.—
Kylie Gilbert,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Idol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idol. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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