as in to announce
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity
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Since Trump has taken office, Musk announced that USAID would shut down.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025 -
The school announced that Faulkner, along with other donors, gave gifts to the Camden Scholars Program.—
Lucas Frau,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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The story of Dieter that so cracks up Helena could also be interpreted as something about the pointlessness of trying to coexist with nature, when man is meant to conquer it.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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My only expectations were to eat (more than) my share of Adam Aron’s popcorn and to watch my older daughter crack up seeing her favorite graphic novel come to life.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2025
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According to Variety, the website had been advertising its typical selection of merchandise and athleisure wear on Sunday, but all of those items were removed and replaced with the swastika shirt shortly after the ad aired.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Research suggests that about 50% of products advertised to Black women contain these types of chemicals, compared with about 7% that are advertised to White women, according to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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The move was widely viewed as an attempt to place attention on himself while capitalizing on Kendrick’s big moment, further fueling speculation that West has become jealous of the fanfare and acclaim the Compton rapper has received over the past year.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Based on a script from the 1970s that Crichton revamped with the help of Steven Spielberg, the widely acclaimed and widely watched ER ran on NBC from 1994 to 2009.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2025
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That night, fans were encouraged to bring a disco record to the stadium for Dahl to blow up between games of a July 12 doubleheader.—
Justin Kaufmann,
Axios,
3 Feb. 2025
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This is the second edition of this competition, with the first running from 2019-23 between seven teams, with Scotland winning while Papua New Guinea was relegated and Canada was promoted.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The nonprofit had been set to receive $165,000 over three years to expand its farmers market and promote urban farming in the area, one of the poorer neighborhoods in Kansas City.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2025
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Both easily lapped their Republican primary opponents in fund-raising and trumpeted Mr. Trump’s endorsement, which deterred bigger names from entering the races.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
29 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s actions throw into doubt the future of the funding, which Kansas City officials have trumpeted as part of their clean energy efforts.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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Grant Baldwin | Getty Images On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump touted a plan to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Beauty: The cosmetic giant, sold at retail stores like Walmart and Target, touted diversity and inclusion policies last month with a marketing campaign, per CNN Business.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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