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photo opportunity

NOUN
chance to get publicity
Synonyms
WEAK
media event media happening nonevent photo op press opportunity pseudo-event staged media event staged public event

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It was a similar story at another photo opportunity with world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

All they would need to do is decline a photo opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

These include personal introductions to "stakeholders", a "photo opportunity with the minister" and one seat at a private "VIP dinner with top advisers to the prime minister, chancellor and other senior tech policymakers".

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Standing between Trump and Eric in the photo opportunity afterward were Dang Thanh Tam, the developer’s chairman, and a 39-year-old Briton named Charles Boyd-Bowman, who has since become the project’s head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

He spends hours crawling along country lanes, his front windows down so as to not obscure any potential photo opportunity and his camera, fitted with a 200-600m lens, within easy reach on the passenger seat.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024