verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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highly
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Tijuana's reputation for drug-related homicides was reinforced last year by several highly publicized cases.
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The highly publicized abortion debate overshadowed the rest of the platform that calls for a smorgasbord of constitutional amendments.
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That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.
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Two recent, highly publicized events have helped to bring the literacy crisis to the national attention.
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They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
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The new regime immediately began to review Davis's many highly publicized deals and were not pleased With the Stax agreement.
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Their highly publicized forays energized and emboldened the Catholic Right.
well
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Complement: Well publicized the book was.
widely
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There had been pressure enough coming into the Sydney Games surrounding her widely publicized goal of winning five gold medals.
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Their trip was widely publicized in the press and everybody in the country seemed to know about it.
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Each side exaggerated and widely publicized the acts of barbarism and cruelty committed by the opponent.
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case
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One well-publicized case was the murder in 1990 of Karunamoi Sardar, a landless woman protester.
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Tijuana's reputation for drug-related homicides was reinforced last year by several highly publicized cases .
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Her friends in the West were told that she would be beaten until they stopped publicizing her case .
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They changed the subject by noting their prosecution of some highly publicized cases against the Klan and other white supremacist organizations.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A good estate agent will know the best ways to publicize the fact that your home is for sale.
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A series of articles and television shows publicized concerns that the chemical Alar, used to keep apples red and firm, could cause cancer.
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a well-publicized case
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Hollywood gossips were saying that the studio lacked the funds to publicize its new film properly.
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Jurors were asked what they knew about the highly publicized case.
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Orlov spent seven years in prison for publicizing human-rights violations.
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Rumors should be investigated, not publicized.
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She did a series of interviews to publicize her new book.
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The parade was well publicized, and thousands of people came to see it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to her publicists, who had little else except her lubricious reputation to publicize , they measured 40 inches.
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All three, although publicized last week, date to a conference held last October, the paper said.
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But Margo turned the finest trick of her life when she turned this prurient interest back on itself to publicize the convention.
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Except in so far as they publicized opinion poll findings, television projections of party credibility did not dictate public perceptions.
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That in October give mail renewal letters publicizing winter market and Christmas party.
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Two recent, highly publicized events have helped to bring the literacy crisis to the national attention.
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Xerox placed a few Altos in the Carter White House, but did not publicize the enthusiastic reaction.