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Recent Examples of shill
Is Sanders a corporate shill, forcing us all to still work 24 unnecessary hours per week to feed the greed of the C-suite?
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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
Daniel Colón-Ramos teaches at the medical school, where the sleazy quack, public-health mediocrity, leaky-lab patron, drug-company shill, and cover-up artist Dr. Fauci delivered a commencement address last year.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
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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
Daniel Colón-Ramos teaches at the medical school, where the sleazy quack, public-health mediocrity, leaky-lab patron, drug-company shill, and cover-up artist Dr. Fauci delivered a commencement address last year.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shill
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Fury’s legendary promoter, Frank Warren, seemed to take the announcement in stride.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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This was just the latest in a series of moves—including elevating former Republican operative Joel Kaplan to chief global affairs officer and adding combat-sports promoter Dana White to Meta’s board—that seem to indicate the company is vying to get into the good graces of the new administration.Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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On top of usually giving Josh Allen a ton of time to throw, with his fourth-and-1 touchdown throw to Ty Johnson being the prime example of that, the Bills’ front five continued their run-blocking prowess.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Guest worked in front and behind the scenes to boost Orlando’s sports profile.David Whitley, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
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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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About 15 miles away in a Delhi slum, Muskan, who goes by her first name, looks on with worry at the remaining medicine drops for her children’s nebulizer, a machine which turns liquid medication into fine mist to be inhaled through a face mask or mouthpiece.Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Shill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shill. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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