hype
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For others, they are merely another vehicle for tech firms to hype up their powerful models and compete with rivals.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Much of the current humanoid hype reflects scripted demos, human-controlled teleoperation, or task-specific automation, rather than real general-purpose autonomy, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since then, fears the company’s earnings could not keep up with the hype surrounding the IPO cut the price of shres Friday to $108.37, less than half their high of $225.64 in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“All this hype for PLFs I think has the potential to hook casual and infrequent cinemagoers into becoming lovers and enthusiasts of cinema,” Weaver said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
In the midst of all the hype surrounding school desegregation, I was beginning to think seriously about where I wanted to go to college myself within the next few years.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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Probably no company hypes the tech-boss-as-hero ethos as unapologetically as Palantir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Because techno hypes people up — even little kids — it’s important to help a child regulate their nervous system back down after the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
Hynes: When you see their huddles, like pregame stuff it just hypes you up, and you're just like, "Yeah, that's a real family."
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2024
As well as singing, the songmaster decides when the song is sung - usually after special victories - and hypes up team-mates by recapping performances of individuals in the match.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
Sails hypes the crowd up with a pregame speech that is straight of a wrestling promo.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
The biggest breaks, which can also cover coins and bullion, livestream around midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, hyped up like parties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
A US review panel on Thursday recommended loosening restrictions on the much hyped peptide BPC-157, voting that specialized pharmacies be allowed to produce it despite alarm bells from medical experts over safety concerns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
His contest with Gabriel was hyped up before the game but Haaland won that battle hands down.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before the game, he strutted around, at one point even grabbing Dalton Rushing, decked in full catcher’s gear, to get hyped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
On the way to the hotel, all the girls are hyped to get a little slice of summer, even though Old Man Winter has already arrived.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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As it is, he’s spending his time hyping this deal as the conclusion of a narrative that casts him as a big hero.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
They said the focus likely will be on companies hyping AI businesses without having actual technology advantages, using overseas operations to skirt domestic regulations, or flouting Beijing’s orders against price wars.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
WSJ: How was it hyping Starbucks at the Coachella festival?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Reese Witherspoon is hyping A.I. again, and American authors have a few thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Brick speaks into my ear, hyping me up.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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