noun
1 title of an article in a newspaper
ADJECTIVE
▪ newspaper , tabloid
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‘Carnage at Airport!’ screamed the tabloid ~.
▪ banner , front-page
▪ lurid ( esp. BrE ), screaming , sensational
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lurid ~s about the sex lives of the stars
▪ sporting ( BrE ), sports
VERB + HEADLINE
▪ carry , have , run
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The paper carried the front-page ~ ‘Drugs Company Shamed’.
▪ read , scan , see
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I just had time to scan the ~s before leaving for work.
▪ be in , capture , dominate , generate , get , grab , hit , hog ( esp. BrE ), make ~s
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She's always in the ~s.
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He always manages to grab the ~s.
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The hospital hit the ~s when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
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The story has been hogging the ~s for weeks.
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The story was important enough to make the ~s.
▪ write
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Journalists don't usually write the ~s for their stories.
HEADLINE + VERB
▪ announce sth , blare sth ( esp. AmE ), declare sth , proclaim sth , read sth , say sth , scream sth
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The ~ said ‘Star Arrested’.
HEADLINE + NOUN
▪ news
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‘Dog bites man’ is hardly ~ news!
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
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The most unusual fact in the story is often used in the ~.
▪ under a/the ~
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The Daily Gazette ran a story under the ~ ‘Pope's Last Words’.
▪ with a/the ~
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a story in the newspaper with the ~ ‘Woman Gives Birth on Train’
▪ ~ about
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There was a banner ~ about drugs in schools.
PHRASES
▪ make ~ news
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The engagement of the two tennis stars made ~ news.
2 the headlines main news stories on TV/radio
ADJECTIVE
▪ news
▪ national
VERB + THE HEADLINES
▪ hear
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Let's just hear the news ~s.
▪ look at , see , watch