1
as in to adore
to love or admire too much
it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star
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as in to congratulate
to praise too much
a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her
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An old pal of mine — a Dodgers fanatic who adores Monfort the way Bugs Bunny adored Elmer Fudd — likes to joke that there are only two types of Rockies fans left at Coors Field by the All-Star break: Barely alive or barely sober.—
Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
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Leaving behind Bath's busy streets, the tour weaves through Hampshire's rolling hills, capturing the quiet elegance Austen adored.—
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The singer pushed his chair back, watched in awe, and then leaped up from his seat to congratulate Hill up close.—
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However, many of his followers went to the comments to ask about his new bundle of joy and congratulate him.—
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Mary gives birth in a barn, and shepherds worship him.—
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The sanctuary was built by African Americans who previously worshiped at Rock Springs Campground.—
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McKinley commented on Porsha’s post, praising her for putting the extravaganza together for their little one.—
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Vintage Year In another vintage year for CPH:FORUM, many industry delegates praised the high quality and variety of projects pitched.—
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During her years on the show, she became known as a shade queen who liked to twirl (her signature move and catchphrase).—
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Dan [Fogelman] doesn’t like anybody to be purely evil or purely good.—
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When 1,000 fans gathered outside the entrance, the squad lined up to applaud the singing, dancing, cheering, flag-waving and flare-throwing crowd of supporters.—
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However, reactions to the home have been divided, with some fans applauding Jenner's unique taste and others finding her design choices overwhelming.—
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Pascal commended Kaitlyn Dever, who joined Season 2 as the character Abby.—
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A number of fans and celebrity supporters commended her for speaking out about her faith and promoting prayer.—
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Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.—
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He’s overpraised of course.—
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“Adulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulate. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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