hype
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But the hype got the attention of Wall Street and every business leader who didn’t want to be seen like they were running a pager company in 1999.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“It’s my job to kind of hype these guys up to play a game like this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
There will be learnings from this first trip to London, but as a starting point, it felt like it lived up to its hype.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
An aging press can show its value by finding the real story amid the hype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
There are ayes and yahs mixed in, upping the hype.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
These days, Crews, 57, serves as the host of “America’s Got Talent,” currently in its 21st season, where he hypes up contestants looking to win the approval of judges including Simon Cowell and Sofía Vergara.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
“Everybody hypes about wanting to meet him,” Steele said with a mischievous laugh, “but when I ask, they say no.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
My last quote is a humblebrag for sure, from an email in 2012 where I hyped up the Wild Flag album to him, and he replied:
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
The remote site, which spans an area nearly twice the size of Los Angeles, is home to one of the most hyped projects in the energy market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
I sell a bunch of candy during the fourth graders’ lunch, which makes me even more hyped about going to the barbershop after school.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
Executives have been hyping up the launch event.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The store, hyping the kickoff sale, valued the collection at $200,000 and called it one of the world’s largest private Star Wars Lego collections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
Larsson's dancers and their choreography have been key to hyping up her audiences on her current world tour, and on Saturday night they had tens of thousands vibing in Sunderland's Herrington Country Park.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
I don’t know where he’s taking me, but he’s been hyping it all week.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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