promote
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The Starbucks items featuring the “Peanuts” characters — known for animated classics like “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” — were intended to promote the return of Starbucks’s pumpkin-spice latte.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
The father of a student who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks has criticised a move by Nottinghamshire Police to promote the senior officer who led the investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some portals use their messaging services to promote themselves rather than restrict messaging to the patient’s health issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They reported, “In most countries, majorities say the United States does not promote peace and stability around the world and does not take other countries’ interests into account on matters of international policy.”
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
CBS Radio had taken out full-page ads to promote its international broadcast of the race.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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It is the deal that counts, not the values it promotes or undermines.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Optimism abounds, even on the city website, which promotes it as “one of the fastest growing suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Trump, a former real estate magnate who promotes family enterprises at every opportunity, told Martin that Doonbeg was "one of the greatest courses in the world".
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The new rules would also require tech companies to protect under 18s from harmful content that promotes or encourages eating disorders or hostile ideas about women and gender equality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Under the conditions prevailing it provides mere paper security and promotes a completely unjustified impression that safe limits have been established and are being adhered to.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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In 2006, I was promoted to work on the Barbie collector line, and I worked on Cher Barbie dolls under Bob’s direction in 2007.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They had experienced only seven seasons in Division Two when they were promoted to the top flight for the first time in 1979.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Dore-Smith said he was told by Live Nation that his company was chosen as Styles' "favourite coffee shop", but the free drinks could not be promoted beforehand.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
On Thursday, Disney promoted former Google and YouTube executive Adam Smith to chairman of its streaming business, putting another Silicon Valley veteran in a senior position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
At seventeen, the girls could join the Faith and Beauty group, which promoted physical grace through instruction in dancing, hygiene, and charm.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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“I think it’s great that they’re promoting the library more and doing outreach,” said Jolyne Jimenez, 51, a library assistant at the Santa Monica Public Library and fan of My Melody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Instead of simply promoting cell death, caspases can apparently help certain cells become resistant to death.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
“When it comes to their work in Russia,” she said, “many think that they are helping Russia and promoting the friendship between the two nations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Pointing to a recent social media post from Hall promoting a competition which he claimed had undersold, she adds: "I'm pretty sure that behaviour got him into the mess in the first place."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“The R.O.F.L. Corop—an employee-run cooperative promoting healthy alternative lifestyles and organic foods.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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