shill

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Recent Examples of shill Carrie will be with us for the whole ride and will quickly prove no mere Establishment shill. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 Is Sanders a corporate shill, forcing us all to still work 24 unnecessary hours per week to feed the greed of the C-suite? The Editors, National Review, 18 Mar. 2024 He’s got no whiskey to shill or brand to build other than being himself. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024 Jon Kelly, editor in chief of Puck, similarly defended his reporter, who was portrayed in the piece as a Zucker shill. Oliver Darcy, CNN, 25 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for shill 
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Noun
  • Seeking $16 million, Diaw's case has not yet been settled but is still moving forward despite Brown's tour promoter filing a motion to strike part of Diaw's allegations, Radar Online reported.
    Alex Heigl, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The company began as a nightlife promoter and record label in Los Angeles.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • During their brief appearance, broadcast live on Israeli television, some of the hostages smiled and waved, raising their arms and giving thumbs up signs in front of the crowd.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Sitting in front of local leaders, Trump again wrongly blamed elements of the fire disaster on a lack of water resources coming from the Delta and environmental protections for the delta smelt, a small fish near extinction that has become a symbol of GOP frustration.
    Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Vanderbilt put her in physical therapy and sent her to a specialist who helped realign her body and gave her a nighttime mouthpiece to help relax the muscles.
    Eileen Finan, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But testing options have long been limited: Typically, doctors either draw blood to measure levels of immune cells or antibodies, or have children breathe into a mouthpiece to measure the nitric oxide in their breath.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025

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