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Recent Examples of shill
Immediately after Aldean’s second opening act Nate Smith’s performance, Aldean popped up on the screens to shill for the company in a prerecorded ad.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
One prompt turned Gemini into a shill for an imaginary product.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Morihiro, Atwater Village Chef Morihiro Onodera’s omakase-only restaurant shills sushi as slow art.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
One prompt turned Gemini into a shill for an imaginary product.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Morihiro, Atwater Village Chef Morihiro Onodera’s omakase-only restaurant shills sushi as slow art.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shill
Noun
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Live Nation could have to set limits on its exclusive ticketing contracts and fees, and open some of its venues to rival promoters — along with fees.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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One remedy that many ticketing advocates and Democratic lawmakers want is for the government to force the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster — which merged in 2010 — separating the concert promoter from the ticket seller.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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Burke was found in the front seat of his vehicle, which also suffered damage to the front, prosecutors added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two officers then approach the front of the vehicle — one of whom attempts to open the car door, the video shows.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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Critics at home and abroad have said Hungarian state media news broadcasts became a government mouthpiece under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose government gradually shaped public media to its mold after being voted into office in 2010.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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Donald Tusk‘s incoming centre-right Civic Coalition moved swiftly to fire the heads of state broadcaster TVP, with news channel TVP Info going off air for 24-hours, amid accusations that it been transformed into a mouthpiece for the PiS during its rule.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Shill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shill. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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