Thesaurus results for TUB-THUMP

tub-thump

verb

as in to announce

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster

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The Army has also not announced an operational deployment date.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Buck and Aikman have been the gold standard for announcing teams during their 25 years together, and breaking them up seems self-destructive.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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Novo Nordisk, which makes Wegovy and Ozempic, advertises list prices ranging from $149 per month to $399 per month, depending on the dose.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
While the data are limited, campaign leaders and other experts say social media stars are playing a bigger role in how brands and political movements advertise.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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The infamous plot to blow up the English government started with the anti-Roman Catholic Penal Laws of the 16th century—a series of laws that basically criminalized Roman Catholicism.

— Lucia Barnum, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2026
At Netanyahu's election night party on Tuesday in Jerusalem, giant screens played Hollywood-style videos of soldiers marching, airstrikes blowing up buildings and other destruction.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

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The canals will act as stormwater infrastructure for the island while promoting recreational activity, according to that document.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
Still, they are promoted for a range of medical uses, including insomnia, anxiety, inflammatory conditions and migraines.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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The Only Living Pickpocket in New York from Sony Pictures Classics, critically acclaimed and starring John Turturro, opened in 6 theaters to $156k.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2026
Its award-winning and critically acclaimed films reach 300 million people worldwide in 180 countries and 33 languages across the global National Geographic channels and direct-to-consumer platforms Disney+ and Hulu.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026

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