hog the headlines

Frequency: 4.52.0 per million words

To unfairly dominate the news, taking attention away from other stories.

headlineVERB + headline

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hog

Examples (10)

  • The story has been hogging the headlines for weeks.
  • The celebrity scandal continues to hog the headlines across all media.
  • This political controversy is hogging the headlines again today.
  • The royal wedding has been hogging the headlines all month.
  • Critics say the trivial story is hogging the headlines unfairly.
  • That one incident has been hogging the headlines while other important news gets ignored.
  • The tech billionaire's latest tweet is hogging the headlines once more.
  • The sports star's controversy continues hogging the headlines day after day.
  • Some stories hog the headlines even when they don't deserve such attention.
  • The reality TV drama has been hogging the headlines for far too long.