Example Sentences

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Are the company’s new ballyhooed protections up for the task of keeping kids safe?

From Slate • May 17, 2026

Tens of thousands of people are now making their way to New York City’s Times Square to participate in the ballyhooed New Year’s Eve ball-drop event and mark the start of 2026.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

After arriving in the NFL as a ballyhooed prospect from USC, his first year was a major disappointment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

In the clip, a young woman confronts him at one of his ballyhooed “debate” appearances on college campuses.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

And all of the ballyhooed techniques used by the armies of market researchers at CBS utterly failed to distinguish between these two very different emotions.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell