shill

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Recent Examples of shill To quote another Kellogg’s shill, the early indications suggest that this should still be a Grrreat! fall for sports TV, although some vendors may be reduced to eating cereal for dinner. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2025 Here, a pair of Marvel superheroes shill for A.I. glasses with an assist from the Kardashian matriarch. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Feb. 2025 The Athletic has become a bit of a shill for 115 FC, seemingly quite credulous in the face of the overwhelming evidence.. much of which comes from their own emails. Sam Lee, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 His other abiding project has been identifying what’s the matter with the Democrats, and his answer, which chimes with al-Gharbi’s, is that the Party’s upper ranks have been infiltrated by anti-populist corporate shills. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for shill
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Noun
  • In the article, Roufus criticized promoters who were focused on profits and lacked the experience to safely sponsor fights.
    Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As promoters hit him up to bring Experts Only from Los Angeles to Japan, the final goal of his new empire is to throw parties without even playing at them.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Through six weeks, Philadelphia’s front can’t produce a push and Saquon Barkley looks less than explosive.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • On the athletic performance front, an Adidas Samba OG has remained at $100.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The steps of the terrazzo staircase are intended to look like white piano keys while the jewelry area features a metal mesh backdrop similar to the comb on the mouthpiece of a harmonica.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The bubble of my laughter echoes in my mouthpiece.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Shill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shill. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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