sensationalize
verb (used with object)
to make sensational.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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"They will sensationalize anything that happens after someone gets a vaccine and attribute it to the vaccine," Hotez said.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2021