Love talking about trivial stories (7)

I believe the answer is:

idolise

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'love' is the definition.
('love'->'idolize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

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(Other definitions for idolise that I've seen before include "put on a pedestal" , "Hero-worship, revere" , "Pay inordinate attention to" , "Make into a figure of worship" , "Worship extravagantly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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