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are extolling

  • present progressive
    of extol.
    extol
    verb (used with object)
    to praise highly; laud; eulogize.

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No one is winking or making fun, despite the fact that this father and son are extolling the beauty of the morning while inside a sunless bunker six miles underground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

But this summer, some German officials and work experts are extolling the virtues of a midday break.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Fitness experts from aerobics instructors to modern dancers are extolling the virtues of feeling the ground beneath their feet.

From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2011

Beneath a huge sepia photograph of the general, the speakers are extolling his qualities as citizen-soldier-statesman-spy.

From Time Magazine Archive

What will your husband do while they are extolling the genius of our brother, and he knows that he never had any?

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