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In an impressively detailed painting by Werllayne Nunes, a Black Brazilian girl spreads her arms jubilantly in front of a hillside slum the artist has exalted by adding gold-leafed domes to the tiny shacks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

More than once, Sinema has exalted Meghan McCain’s father as one of her political role models.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2019

On the one hand, he has exalted France’s humanitarian traditions and asked the police to treat migrants with fairness.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2019

Pop culture has exalted many of Dick’s wilder stories and novels.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

None of them could ever touch my fanciful disposition, which has exalted an intrinsic and lofty beau—idle to itself.

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten