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Music biographies often follow a non-fussy trajectory, rallying their base with nostalgic re-creations of big concert moments and a sturdy timeline that begins with an idol’s birth and ending on a critical juncture in its subject’s life or even death.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Those moves included everything from emptying competitors' canteens to searching for idols without receiving a clue first.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Outside the realm of pop idols and superheroes, some young commentators are still performing the classic critical duty of digging into the obscure and underrated.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
In two years' time, it will be played at Adare Manor, Ireland, where the five-time major champion is an absolute idol.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Those moves included everything from emptying competitors' canteens to searching for idols without receiving a clue first.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Outside the realm of pop idols and superheroes, some young commentators are still performing the classic critical duty of digging into the obscure and underrated.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
In two years' time, it will be played at Adare Manor, Ireland, where the five-time major champion is an absolute idol.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idol
hero
Noun
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If this was a novel, the heroes would be Joe Whebbe and Rhonda Paoli, his wife and partner in their design/renovation business, who’ve saved Kamman’s 300,000 books.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
20 Oct. 2025
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At the end, though, kicker Wil Lutz played the hero, nailing a walk-off 39-yarder through the uprights as time expired.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Idol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idol. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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