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(informal) A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

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headline-grabber

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Source Word

headline-grabber

informal

(informal) A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

Japanese Meaning

（非公式）ニュースメディアで大きな注目を集める人物または出来事 / （俗語）報道や新聞の見出しを飾るような、目立つ存在

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The celebrity's sudden engagement became a headline-grabber that dominated social media for days.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その有名人の突然の婚約は数日間ソーシャルメディアを席巻した話題の的になった。

Sense（1）

(informal) A person or event that attracts prominent notice in the news media.

‘Recidivism” – the tendency to reoffend – is a word that is largely confined to criminology lectures, official statistics and the occasional government report. It is not a headline-grabber like “hooligan”, “thug” or “teen gangster”.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

headline-grabbers

（ plural ）

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