Today’s “Word of the Day” is cosy up to and it is a phrasal verb meaning “try to be friendly to someone, usually with the intention of getting some benefit”.
Example Sentence: This is a global problem. Newspapers in the US are closing at the rate of two a week. Local newspapers were never perfect: they could reflect community prejudices, or cosy up to authorities and businesses they should have challenged. But the social costs of losing coverage genuinely rooted in communities is profound, and “news deserts” – without a reliable source of local news – tend to be places deprived in other ways..
This word is present in The Guardian view on local journalism’s decline: bad news for democracy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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