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ballyhoo, boost, hype, pitch, plug, promote, talk up, tout
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Shaer, along with Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, were missing for more than two agonizing weeks, during which Israeli security forces conducted an aggressive and highly publicized search. — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, "Why HBO series ‘Our Boys’ is causing controversy," 29 Aug. 2019 The left-wing organization Media Matters for America exists to publicize (allegedly) controversial statements by conservative media figures toward the end of getting them fired or ushered off the air. — Rich Lowry, National Review, "The New York Times Should Stop Whining," 27 Aug. 2019 The Eastern Shore Planning Commission will publicize its TIP on Wednesday, and is scheduling its vote for Sept. 24. — al, "Could the I-10 toll project be ‘killed’ this week?," 19 Aug. 2019 In the end, the event was publicized without any title. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Weighing the pros and cons of political correctness," 10 Aug. 2019 Harrison has publicized his plan for 120 new micro-zones to increase police presence in the most difficult and crime-ridden areas, something that drew skepticism from the judge. — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, "Federal judge sees path forward for Baltimore’s beleaguered police force: ‘The first green shoots of spring’," 25 July 2019 Green publicized his attendance at Trump's March 2018 event in Richfield. — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, "Battle for Butler County: Rep. George Lang enters 3-way race for GOP Senate nomination against Rep. Candice Keller, West Chester's Lee Wong," 15 July 2019 In the run-up to the draft, many said that Brown outperformed his more muscular and highly publicized Ole Miss teammate, D.K. Metcalf. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Fantasy Football 2019: 16 Rookies Who Could Make an Impact," 4 July 2019 After the Poway shooting in April, 8chan’s Twitter account blamed the news media for publicizing the crime and said the shooter’s post was taken down nine minutes after creation. — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, "Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan. Its founder calls it a terrorist refuge in plain sight.," 4 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'publicize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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