put in a plug for

phrase

: to say something on the radio, on television, etc., in order to create interest in (something, such as a book, movie, or restaurant)
She put in a plug for the band's new album on her radio program.

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Givens put in a plug for the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, a comprehensive privacy bill introduced last summer that her Washington think tank remains optimistic about passing this year. — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2023 Beutner spoke briefly before Friday’s performance and put in a plug for Proposition 28, on the ballot this fall, which would provide new funding for K-12 public school arts and music education. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 Hamilton also put in a plug for the current system, which enabled him to get a basketball scholarship to the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1969. — New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021 After Moby put in a plug for being vegan, Dzau called on Martine Rothblatt, the founder of a biotech firm called United Therapeutics, which intends to grow new organs from people’s DNA. — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 In addition to wearing a mask, Hogsett and Caine put in a plug for the other two legs of the tripartite coronavirus prevention stool – hand washing and hand sanitizer along with social distancing. — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2020

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