junketed

past tense of junket
as in honored
to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Verb
  • During the In Memoriam segment, the starry audience applauded loudly as Loni Anderson, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Wendt, John Amos and Maggie Smith were honored, and when Ozzy Osbourne, David Lynch and Quincy Jones' names appeared, the applause was particularly loud.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The historic win at Sunday night's 2025 Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, breaks a 77-year barrier in the only acting field that had never honored a Black performer since the Emmy Awards began.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Like his Washington, Bargatze’s Farnsworth regaled a trio of underlings (SNL cast members Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and James Austin Johnson) with ridiculous yet accurate predictions for the future, in this case of TV.
    Judy Berman, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Appel also regaled the audience with his strategy that resulted in Springsteen getting on the cover of both Time and Newsweek.
    Caryn Rose, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Those videos, spread across at least 13 datasets circulated by researchers and various tech firms, are more proof of how casually AI models are being fed the creative work of others – where no explicit permission was given for that to occur.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Her venture has fed thousands of people over the years and received global recognition.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Last month, the federal government recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Chinese Communist Party was recognized as the only legitimate government in China by the United Nations in 1971.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Junketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junketed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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