idolize
verb (used with object)
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Exasperated, I told him he was idolizing a guy who had mocked his daughter’s reporting on national TV.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024