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as in celebrates
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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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The War of the Worlds remake starring Ice Cube dominated the 2026 Golden Raspberry Awards, taking home five Razzies at the annual anti-Oscars that celebrates Hollywood’s worst the day before the Academy Awards.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2026
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This issue celebrates the Los Angeles outdoors, the many lives to be lived under its unencumbered sky.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Sosie praises her brother, whose acting experience has mostly been limited to shorts, for his willingness to accept notes — and there were plenty.—
Mike Miller,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Lynne praises Missy Elliott’s sonic world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Even though Saturn will test this relationship or agreement over the coming years, Venus’ trine to Jupiter on February 22 blesses the professional endeavors that are beginning around this time.—
Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 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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