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Verb: sensationalize  sen'sey-shu-nu,lIz
  1. To present or report something in a way that provokes public interest through exaggeration or excitement
    "The tabloids sensationalized the celebrity's minor mishap";
    - sensationalise [Brit]

Derived forms: sensationalizes, sensationalizing, sensationalized