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Her status as a mysterious, cloistered figure had been solidified after a decade of speculation and lionization on Internet message boards and blogs as crate diggers shared rips of her impossibly rare LPs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2021

Some Egyptian commentators have contrasted the lionization of Mr. Zaki’s accusers with the treatment of the seven women jailed for posting TikTok videos.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2020

But a good deal of history gets lost in the lionization.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2020

Image: Wikipedia If there’s a dark side to the film’s idealism, it’s General Magic’s lionization of punishing development crunch times.

From The Verge • Apr. 22, 2018

To give her credit, I think this lionization bothered her, embarrassed her a little, and she probably wondered at times if it were all sincere.

From Do Unto Others by Clifton, Mark