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as in advertising
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors
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as in promoting
to provide publicity for
the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows
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But in the days after Cape Verde drew against Spain, a different company began advertising Blue Sharks jerseys on social media.
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Daniels faces three counts of having and selling fighting animals and eight counts of advertising them online.
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While promoting Cape Fear on the SmartLess podcast, Adams told the story of saving a man’s life in Santa Monica.
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Grail is promoting the idea that the Galleri test should be used in conjunction with other screening tests, not as a replacement to any done now.
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During his press conference announcing its closure, DeSantis defended the cost and argued that if the state had not built Alligator Alcatraz, those 21,000 individuals captured by ICE and local police would have been released.
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Moreover, Devonté Hynes’ score, which is both anxious and playful, does the tonal heavy lifting without ever announcing itself, which is something the music branch can discover and appreciate.
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Major dating apps are racing to bake in AI and selling pricey subscriptions that promise smarter matches and faster connections.
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There’s a lot to love about the actor, producer, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and mom.
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There must have been such a riot of sound, with lions roaring at dawn, and elephants trumpeting at the moon.
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Officials have in the past touted the 77th Street gang unit as one of the department’s best, trumpeting its arrests and seizures of gun and drugs on social media.
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At the time, T was showing relative strength and the old telecom company had just reported a blockbuster earnings report, touting new fiber subscribers and less churn.
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Soon, Nvidia was touting virtual-reality simulators to train robots, and microchips to deploy in robot brains.
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“Ballyhooing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballyhooing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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