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as in promotes
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 speaks 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 talks up With something like military zeal, the former soldier who once itched to be on the front lines now talks up saving the world’s dwindling varieties of tomato seeds, as well as books about social inequality. —
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
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School gardening also promotes an increase in vegetable consumption.— Shelley Mitchell, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2026
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Heat Dairy and non-dairy yogurts are made through a fermentation process that promotes the growth of certain beneficial bacterial strains.— Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026
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Maybe not the most famous biopic but a quite effective one, with Paul Muni as the 19th-century French writer who speaks up for a Jewish captain tagged as a traitor.— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
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Jauregui has been vocal about the liberation of Palestinians and frequently speaks up about human rights issues on her platform.— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
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Lisa Lane is the founder of Rinseroo, which sells portable shower heads, bathtub, and sink attachments for cleaning, pet grooming, and bathing.— Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Lane is the founder of Rinseroo, which sells portable shower head, bathtub and sink attachments for cleaning, pet grooming, and bathing.— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The mayor of Dearborn speaks out for the first time on the controversy over his remarks to a resident.— Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Wife speaks out after husband doused with gasoline in workplace assault.— , FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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This grand procession of Edmonia’s work is an act of reclamation—a gathering in her name that shouts through stone and into the eons.— Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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William shouts that someone DID come looking!— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
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By the beginning of the second episode, Margo has dropped out of school and is the totally broke single mother to a colicky baby, Bodhi, who cries so committedly that two of Margo’s roommates move out.— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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In the spot, Shane sits in a middle seat next to a chatty flier while a baby cries in the background.— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
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My boss yells at me across the office for small, easily fixable mistakes.— Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
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South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, right, yells at UConn head coach Geno Auriemma, left, after a woman's NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four April 3, 2026 in Phoenix.— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
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Teddy’s babyish voice pipes up from the back seat.— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Talks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/talks%20up. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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