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advert

[ad-vurt] / ædˈvɜrt /


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Some said they would post in exchange for free food and drink, without an extra payment on top - and five of those said they would post without labelling the content as an advert.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

"The PGA Tour believes in golf's ability to bring people together and create a welcoming environment for all," a PGA Tour spokesperson said in reaction to the Good Good advert.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

This was around the time that Amazon's Ring, a doorbell camera firm, cancelled a partnership with Flock after an outcry over a Super Bowl advert which sparked concern about unwanted surveillance.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Comedian Trevor Noah also came under fire following an advert he fronted for the Tourism Business Council of South Africa.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

I did not know whether I could bear to speak to one who would advert to her.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Fifa has claimed the World Cup is "under-monetised", but hydration break adverts, dynamic ticket pricing and record broadcast and sponsorship rights have put the 2026 edition on track to generate record revenues.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Danish pharmaceuticals heavyweight Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it is suing its arch US rival, Eli Lilly, over "false and materially misleading" adverts for their competing weight-loss and anti-diabetes treatments.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

It all added to Keegan's status as a global superstar, one of the most marketable sportsmen around, not just seen on the pitch but in adverts and advertising hoardings worldwide.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has already ruled out funding the BBC through general taxation, a corporate levy on the streamers, or allowing the BBC to show adverts.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

And adverts are pictures or television programs to make you buy things like cars or Snickers or use an Internet Service Provider.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

On his person he bore the marks of these perils of the laboratory; but they were little heeded by him, and, when adverted to, always afforded him the occasion of some good-humoured pleasantry.

From Washington Times Oct. 17, 2015

I'm not certain how disaster can be adverted when an inferior service will cost more money.

From Economist Dec. 14, 2013

It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

These principles, so frequently adverted to in the Scriptures, are proved to be in exact conformity with experience.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk

As they were traversing the length of the “shoulder” they witnessed the phenomenon to which I have already adverted at the foot of p.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper

The decline in ratings has put pressure on adverting dollars as well.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the consortium, welcomed the delay on adverting rules as "one less distraction" for companies looking to focus on keeping prices down.

From BBC May 14, 2022

The human element in this example could have played multiple factors in adverting the breach or at the very least discovered it a lot sooner.

From Forbes Jan. 5, 2015

Much of this tracking is for adverting purposes: to collect data on you to show you more relevant ads.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2013

I cannot conclude," said he, solemnly, "without adverting to that extraordinary combination of events by which this crime, after a long lapse of years, has been brought home to its guilty author.

From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever




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