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REED AWL ah-BOWT it
riːd ɔːl əˈbaʊt ɪtListen
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a phrase historically shouted by newspaper vendors to attract buyers, announcing the availability of a newspaper containing important or sensational news; the cry has become a cultural shorthand for the breaking of major news and the urgency of public information; in the digital age it is used nostalgically or ironically to reference the newspaper-era model of mass news distribution and the communal public experience of learning about significant events through a common, simultaneous news cycle
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