junketed

past tense of junket
as in honored
to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Verb
  • In 2024, he was honored with the Mobo Pioneer award for his significant contribution to British Black culture.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • All original tickets will be honored for the new dates.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.
    Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Appel also regaled the audience with his strategy that resulted in Springsteen getting on the cover of both Time and Newsweek.
    Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Eggs from hens fed high-quality feed and given space to roam outdoors tend to have a better flavor and slightly more nutrients.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In proving their hypothesis, researchers fed LLMs continually with X posts that were either short and viral or were shaped to grab users’ attention.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His work resulted in 12 Sports Emmy Awards on 20 nominations for his work on the Olympics and World Cups, as well as being recognized with an Engineering Emmy for innovation for the 1996 Olympics.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Hours after being asked, management at the non-profit voluntarily recognized the union.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Junketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junketed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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