advert
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"He is a great advert for British boxing, world boxing and for sport."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
Employers that do not publish a job advert for a role would have to give candidates the information in writing prior to a job interview.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
The ASA said there were several ways for customers to tell if an advert for a portable air conditioner was likely to be misleading.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It wasn’t exactly like the magazine advert we’d found on the ground that day, but then it wasn’t so far off either.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Danish pharmaceuticals heavyweight Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it is suing its arch US rival, Eli Lilly, over "false and materially misleading" adverts for their competing weight-loss and anti-diabetes treatments.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The hydration breaks take place 22 minutes into each half and have been used to show adverts on some US networks.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has already ruled out funding the BBC through general taxation, a corporate levy on the streamers, or allowing the BBC to show adverts.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
We'd miss the adverts and Coming Soons, but a lady with a torch'd show us our seats for the film.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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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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As they were traversing the length of the “shoulder” they witnessed the phenomenon to which I have already adverted at the foot of p.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
He had not been seated many minutes, when Miss Mortimer adverted to my late sacrifice.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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
She had been most affected by the attentions of Madame Dumoulin, and felt great delight, in after years, in adverting to the subject.
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
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