as in cracking up
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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Viewer Reactions The TikTok video left viewers cracking up, and as of Tuesday, the clip had amassed over 526,000 views and 48,600 views.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Later, as the film plays, the crowd bursts intermittently into laughter, cracking up at the clown-car quality of everyone piling into the van for the first time.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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In such a case, any adjustment to that initial arrangement, no matter how small, would prevent the fluid from blowing up.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Jan. 2026
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Of course, the committee wouldn’t normally award the prize to someone who has been blowing up small, allegedly drug-running fishing boats, killing the people in them.—
Merrill Matthews,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Presenter Hailee Steinfeld made her first red carpet appearance since announcing she and husband Josh Allen were expecting their first child together in a baby pink dress with a small train and Repossi jewelry.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Anticipating the arrival of letters has become part of the rhythm of Helen’s day, part of the light shifting across the kitchen floor and the cuckoo of her wooden clock announcing every hour.—
Sadia Shepard,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Reputation travels faster than advertising.—
Parin Moradiya,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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McDonald’s has pushed back against claims in a class action lawsuit that the company misled customers by advertising the McRib as a rib meat sandwich when its patty allegedly comes from other pork cuts.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Crying up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying%20up. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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