ballyhoo

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Of course, one doesn’t expect PR departments to ballyhoo bad news.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2022

After so much preseason ballyhoo around the teaming of James, Davis and Westbrook, the trio managed to play in only 21 games together — and went 11-10.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2022

“That was one of the places that my father used to stand outside in his outfit to ballyhoo all these movies,” she recalled.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022

That might be one reason why the fanfare surrounding Firth’s larger-than-life Hyde Park statue paled in comparison to the ballyhoo surrounding Goldblum’s.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021

Mr. Sorber immediately seized the occasion as a good showman, or "ballyhoo," should.

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