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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
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as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Recent Examples of talk up
Despite worries about a potential bubble, the industry continues to talk up its potential.
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Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories.
—Peter White, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.
—Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Parvini, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories.
—Peter White, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.
—Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025
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Propel also issues a free debit Mastercard for users’ cash benefits and earnings (food stamps have their own government card), generating revenue from card interchange fees and from marketers who pay to promote affordable products, such as low-cost Wi-Fi and groceries, on the platform.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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This is the second edition of this competition, with the first running from 2019-23 between seven teams, with Scotland winning while Papua New Guinea was relegated and Canada was promoted.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Internal comms professionals play a crucial role in creating an environment where employees feel heard, valued and safe to speak up.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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When there are voices here in Hollywood — voices who are outside of the prevailing culture but who need to create, need to speak out, need to speak up so that ALL OF US CAN BE SEEN….—
John Ridley,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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The company has for years sold a subscription called Reddit Gold that includes an ad-free scrolling experience for users among its offerings.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Madigan sold himself in his testimony as a nonconfrontational consensus builder, not the ruthless boss portrayed by prosecutors.—
Megan Crepeau,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Tillis’ letter on Musk, while similar, focuses on Musk’s work to cut wasteful spending in the Treasury and his own support of Musk, something he’s also spoken out about on the Senate floor.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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One of the passengers speaking out about his experience is Pete Carlson, who boarded the plane Monday morning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to attend a paramedics conference in Canada.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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One family has a sick child who could be heard crying in the background during a call between Herischi and Panamanian officials.—
Yong Xiong, Michael Rios, CNN and Ivonne Valdés,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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Fans in their team jerseys waved flags, shouted for their countrymen and continued the ritual booing of the opposing national anthem that has become an nightly undercard for a tournament that was the return of NHL stars to the international scene after missing the last two Winter Olympics.—
Jimmy Golen,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Dua Lipa, the pop star also known as Dula Peep (thanks to Wendy Williams), has piped up with a message of mourning after popular language company Duolingo murdered its adorable owl mascot, Duo, and subsequently asked its users to respect the singer's privacy in the aftermath.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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By the numbers: Just 39% of Democrats approve of celebrities piping up on political issues — but only 11% of Republicans and 12% of independents (24% for the whole sample).—
Noah Bressner,
Axios,
27 Dec. 2024
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Hedges will yell from the Guardians’ dugout if a catcher mishandles a pitch, poking fun at his manager, Stephen Vogt, a former catcher known more for his offense than defense.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now in Season 3, another family patriarch on the verge of ruin – this time, financial – also gets yelled at on a phone call, and the person on the other end of the line is another surprise voice cameo by an Academy Award-winning supporting actor.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Talk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20up. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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