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An advert for Huel meal replacement shakes has been banned by the advertising watchdog for encouraging or condoning "irresponsible" dietary practices.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Last week, Wrexham's owners aimed a dig at Southampton by referencing the scandal in a social media advert before the two teams met.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
British sprinter Amy Hunt says she is concerned about the controversial advert starring Sydney Sweeney being part of a "barrier" to girls' participation in sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Hunt said the responses to Sweeney's advert have eclipsed the controversy.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I did not know whether I could bear to speak to one who would advert to her.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Good Good also creates made-for-TV shows as well as adverts for golf clothing and other merchandise.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The agency advertised the events as taking place in Saint Petersburg's Gazprom Arena, with the stadium itself sharing adverts for the upcoming concert on its Telegram account.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The company has previously got into hot water with the UK advertising watchdog, which has banned some of its adverts for making "misleading" claims.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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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To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; - with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
The loquacious captain, an uncommon quality in a Yankee, could not conceal his astonishment at encountering an Austrian man-of-war in such a latitude in mid-ocean, and adverted to this unexpected phenomenon.
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
Without adverting for a second to the measure in debate, he launched forth into a most violent invective on his adversary.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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