ballyhoo

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And contrary to the ballyhoo, there's no guarantee the pipeline will ever be built; at a minimum, any project is years away, as TransCanada must first overcome major financial and regulatory hurdles.

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  1. noun Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  2. noun Noisy shouting or uproar.
  3. transitive verb To advertise or publicize by sensational methods.
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  • But just when all the ballyhoo is at its height, Cady rescues the book with a well-orchestrated shift of gears, bringing it all back down to the quieter level where it had begun, and the battle proceeds to resolve. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • The things printed about him had sounded suspiciously like the kind of ballyhoo they used around the circus It was a neighborhood grocery store, not too tidy and full of the usual smells. —  086 - The Evil Gnome
  • The higher speeds preclude the use of ballyhoo or other natural bait.
  • Much ballyhoo was made of glitches when the game was released; as my console is generally offline all the time I don't usually patch games, but knowing it's history I did patch this game before playing it, and came across no major glitches. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • Among the products Mays and Sullivan will ballyhoo are the Impact Gel shoe inserts and the Tool Band-it magnetized armband that holds tools while you work.
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