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adores

  • present tense form of adore (3rd person singular).

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The 54-year-old fisherman from a small village in Polewali Mandar, West Sulawesi, has been a superfan of the Argentine football team since the 1980s and adores superstar Lionel Messi.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

The kid’s joy is as stratospheric as the plane; he adores everything but the airline’s chicken cordon bleu.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate Apr. 7, 2026

Mr. Jacobs also adores the look of the taxi dancers—“broken dolls,” he calls them—in Bob Fosse’s movie “Sweet Charity.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Terry adores her only son, and would do just about anything to make him happy.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline