shill

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Recent Examples of shill The announcers, conveniently, get into the act, conscripted shills for their betting partners. Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2025 Trump will destroy his reputation and loose [sic] his entire base, shills and apologists included. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 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. Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 One prompt turned Gemini into a shill for an imaginary product. PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shill
Noun
  • The order is the latest in a long-running SEBI probe into Zee’s promoters.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lollapalooza’s promoter, C3 Presents, is now on the hook for the cleanup, including what could be a costly restoration of Grant Park’s grass, which had disappeared under the crowds by the festival’s third day.
    Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The collision laid bare the danger at the most volatile front of Europe’s wildfire emergency.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Today, however, several armed groups allied with Tehran are back to pressuring Iran’s foes by opening new fronts that complicate the war and threaten to choke the global economy.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Sick of It All were NYHC’s most welcoming emissaries, and their mouthpiece was Lou Koller, whose death was announced Friday.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026
  • Its insulated design keeps my water ice cold for hours on end, plus its flip-straw design keeps the mouthpiece hidden from the open air during my commutes.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

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“Shill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shill. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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