idolize
verb (used with object)
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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"The fight will be happy and a good example for the children who are idolizing the fighters, especially Mosley and me."
From Reuters ● May 6, 2011