21.   He seems almost to have been bred for his cult status.

22.   He has reached cult status ever since he pulled on his black and gold jersey in September, and dropped his gloves for the cause on a nightly basis.

23.   He sent the card from Harvard University, his first stop on the campus circuit, where the film went on to gain cult status.

24.   His quirky dramas and gangster thrillers have a strong following at home and a fervent cult status abroad.

25.   His works quickly achieved a cult status that continues today among collectors.

26.   It has achieved almost cult status in some circles.

27.   Leading art historians including Barbara Rose and Mark Stevens discuss the American modernist who is one of the few artists of her gender to achieve cult status.

28.   Monday night, in an old funky domed arena in Pittsburgh, Johan Hedberg officially will be elevated to cult status.

29.   Novelist Thomas Harris gave the unit virtual cult status in The Silence of the Lambs.

30.   Over the short life span of the Winter X Games, ESPN has elevated ice climbing and snowmobile racing to almost cult status.