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headlines
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + headline
a front-page headline
• The newspaper's front-page headline read simply 'Prime Minister resigns'.
a big headline
(= a headline that a lot of people are interested in )
• Celebrity divorces have made big headlines.
a banner headline
(= a very large headline across the top of the page )
• Le Monde ran its famous banner headline ' We are all Americans now'.
national/international headlines
• The story made national headlines.
a newspaper headline
• The story dominated newspaper headlines around the world.
a tabloid headline
(= a headline in a newspaper that has a lot of stories about famous people, sex etc )
• One tabloid headline read 'Doctor of Death'.
phrases
be in the headlines
(= to be reported in many newspapers as an important story )
• The singer was back in the headlines for partying every night.
verbs
make/grab (the) headlines
(= to be reported in many newspapers as an important story )
• Madonna's adoption of the child grabbed world headlines.
hit the headlines
(= make the headlines )
• Crane hit the headlines after she was arrested for the murder of her husband.
dominate the headlines
(= to be the story that is most often reported in newspapers )
• News from Iraq continued to dominate the headlines.
have/carry a headline
• The Times carried the headline ‘7.4 Earthquake hits Los Angeles.’
run a headline
(= use a headline )
• One tabloid paper ran the headline: ‘Disney Theme Park Found On Mars’.
read a headline
• I just read the main headlines.
the headlines read/say
(= the headlines say something )
• The next morning’s headlines read: ‘Moors Search for Missing Boys’.
headline + NOUN
headline news
• The protests made headline news.
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