grab (the) headlines
idiom
: to be given much attention in the news
A new cancer treatment grabbed (the) headlines this week.
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Nominations for attorney general and FBI director grab the headlines for good reason.
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Maddison’s two goals to put Tottenham 2-0 up after 20 minutes last night will grab the headlines, but his all-round performance was phenomenal.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
The flame-lighting, with its broad TV coverage — although the official stream shies from showing any form of protest — is a magnet for activists who want to grab headlines.
—Nicholas Paphitis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Although the outside world has taken little notice, democracy has spread significantly around the continent in the last two decades, and although conflicts grab the headlines, evidence suggests that war and other forms of large-scale violence have declined during this same period.
—Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
Maddison’s two goals to put Tottenham 2-0 up after 20 minutes last night will grab the headlines, but his all-round performance was phenomenal.
—Jay Harris, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
The flame-lighting, with its broad TV coverage — although the official stream shies from showing any form of protest — is a magnet for activists who want to grab headlines.
—Nicholas Paphitis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Although the outside world has taken little notice, democracy has spread significantly around the continent in the last two decades, and although conflicts grab the headlines, evidence suggests that war and other forms of large-scale violence have declined during this same period.
—Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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“Grab (the) headlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grab%20%28the%29%20headlines. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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