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He famously did an advert for Brut aftershave with British boxer Henry Cooper, as well as the "Green Cross Code" road safety campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Under the slogan "We are unbearable," it launched an advert showing fans from different teams sitting in a therapy circle complaining about Argentines' unbridled passion for football.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
It was only when a fast food company later wanted Batty to feature in an advert campaign making light of his penalty miss that he showed his feelings.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Employers that do not publish a job advert for a role would have to give candidates the information in writing prior to a job interview.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
But this was an advert to make you go to Malaysia on a holiday.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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For Hannah, in California, changing her surname took around three months and cost her hundreds of dollars, including a $400 filing fee and $130 to put adverts in a local newspaper.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The UK's first billionaire sportsman has been in so many adverts from Home Depot to Bank of America, you could be forgiven for forgetting what brand he is actually representing.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Employers will have to publish salary information in job adverts under government plans to rewrite anti-discrimination laws.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Although the body regulates paid-for adverts on platforms including YouTube and Facebook, it cannot issue fines itself.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
‘It looks funny, people walking around like signposts, or billboard adverts.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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On his person he bore the marks of these perils of the laboratory; but they were little heeded by him, and, when adverted to, always afforded him the occasion of some good-humoured pleasantry.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2015
I'm not certain how disaster can be adverted when an inferior service will cost more money.
From Economist ● Dec. 14, 2013
It was strange she never once adverted either to her mother’s illness, or her brother’s death, or the present gloomy state of the family prospects.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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He had not been seated many minutes, when Miss Mortimer adverted to my late sacrifice.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
In these latter are found reports of the bishops, who, either officially or by delegation, visited some monasteries and adverted to the law of enclosure as an important point of monastic discipline.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
The decline in ratings has put pressure on adverting dollars as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability at the consortium, welcomed the delay on adverting rules as "one less distraction" for companies looking to focus on keeping prices down.
From BBC ● May 14, 2022
The human element in this example could have played multiple factors in adverting the breach or at the very least discovered it a lot sooner.
From Forbes ● Jan. 5, 2015
Much of this tracking is for adverting purposes: to collect data on you to show you more relevant ads.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2013
The account of this fact must be read with concern by every wellwisher to the good order and happiness of society, even without adverting to considerations of a higher nature.
From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Kippis, Andrew
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