as in to announce
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster
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Her death was announced by General Hospital's executive producer Frank Valentini on the show's Instagram page earlier this year.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
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Mercedes, which has won eight Constructors’ Championships and nine Drivers’ Championships, announced on Wednesday the team would stick with the pairing for the 2026 season.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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In 1974, Skull was advertising that Heaven Lee had been headlining in Printers Alley for 52 straight weeks.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Actual speeds vary by location, network conditions, and equipment, and may be lower than the maximums advertised.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Some firms have scurried to ship early, but even a few days’ delay at sea could blow up their margins.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The jury is still out on whether Hamas will blow up the landmark ceasefire agreement that President Donald Trump‘s team negotiated to bring an end to the war in Gaza.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Oct. 2025
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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,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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Duran had published articles on Tan and his wealthy colleagues, like Balaji Srinivasan, a tech investor who was promoting an esoteric but stubbornly influential concept called the Network State.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Soft platinum coils are delivered into the aneurysm under X-ray guidance to promote clotting and block blood flow into the weakened vessel.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were widely acclaimed as masterful works of art, died on Tuesday.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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He was heavily awarded and critically acclaimed for his talents.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Tub-thump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tub-thump. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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