Collocations for "news"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "news" in context.
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news
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [good, welcome, great, fantastic, unwelcome, horrible, shocking] news
- [regular, updated, hourly, on-the-spot, latest] news
- (the) [TV, radio, morning, lunchtime, evening, travel] news
- the [six] o'clock news
- [read, present, host] the news
- [gather, edit, filter] the news
- [bear, give, bring] (the) bad news
- I'm afraid it's bad news
- I have news and bad news
- which news do you want first?
- [need, could use] some good news
- will be bringing you [regular, frequent] news (on)
- here's our correspondent with the (latest) news (on)
- [heard, saw, caught] it [on, in] the news
- read it in the news
- there was no news of his [whereabouts, application]
- is there any news on the [situation, patient]?
- [that's, it's all] news to me!
- a news [reporter, journalist, presenter, reader]
- a news [quiz, show, program, flash, channel, bulletin, item]
'news' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christmas
- TV
- a nose for sth
- abreast
- adverse
- alarm
- alert
- along
- also
- analysis
- anchor
- ancient
- angle
- angry
- annoyance
- application
- article
- bad
- badly
- barely
- bear
- bearer
- bed
- behind
- bit
- bizarre
- blackout
- blanket
- blow
- bogus
- bomb
- bowl
- break
- broadcast
- bumper
- catch
- channel
- checked
- cheer
- cheerful
- clip
- comment
- comprehensive
- concern
- connected
- cope
- cork
- cover
- coverage
- cue