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To publish something, or to be published

publish

verb

to produce many copies of a book, magazine, or newspaper

print

verb

to publish something in a newspaper or magazine

report

verb

to give information about something in a news article or broadcast

carry

verb

to publish or broadcast a news story

break

verb

to publish or broadcast a news story for the first time

put out

to publish a book, magazine, or newspaper, or produce a video or CD for sale

run

verb

if newspapers run an article, advertisement, or photograph, they print it

scoop

verb

to publish or broadcast an exciting or important news story before anyone else does

plaster

verb

if a news story is plastered all over the newspapers, all the details of it are in the newspapers

publish

verb

to include something such as a letter or article in a newspaper or magazine

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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