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tub-thumps

verb

present tense third-person singular of tub-thump

as in announces

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster

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Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas announces his retirement immediately after the team’s season-ending loss to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The award announces that demonizing Jews and the Jewish state can be a spectacularly successful legal career strategy.

— Anne Bayefsky, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

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But then Anton brings up the idea of Talia and Brooke using him as their sperm donor and Talia fully cracks up.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
During one particularly fun moment shared by the LPGA Tour on Instagram, Clark cracks up at Cunningham's energetic approach to the sport — which ended in her accidentally hitting a fan with the ball.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025

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Knowing the exceptions are happening should be the first step toward addressing those exceptions in a way that supports caregiving staff and promotes quality service.

— Colin Conner II, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
To support that conclusion, Gates cites a demand in Washburn’s petition to CWP that would prohibit the council from doing any outreach that promotes the role of hunting in wildlife management fully six months before an election.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

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Thus trumpets the tagline for Nicole Kidman’s assignation with Constantin Brancusi’s bronze and gold leaf Danaïde (1913), circulated online this past spring in advance of the work’s auction.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the Obama Presidential Center trumpets the achievements of President Barack Obama and does not focus on what he did not get done, nor, indeed, what got rolled back by subsequent administrations, which is a great deal.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026

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