Merely headlining Coachella?
Rock's casualty list was already ominously long; Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin merely headlined the necrology.
Nor did I comprehend, even as Senators Biden and Kennedy ripped into Robert Bork in a manner as demagogic as possible, that, if anything, they were merely headlining, not over-stating just how regressive a jurisprudence Bork was advocating.
Some residents, who have already seen the fifth anniversary come and go, wonder: Will the national attention make a difference, or will their struggles merely make headlines for the day?
True, phrases like "terror plots" or "terror threat level" can make terror seem merely a headline writer's shortening of the word terrorism.
Beyond confirming that Bumble's petition is merely a headline masquerading as a lawsuit, this course of conduct also confirms a related point: Bumble's case and Match's case belong together in the Waco federal court, where Match's action is pending.
In November Bertelsmann's BMG unit made headlines merely for promising to provide clear, transparent accounting.
While Mr. Weiner's decision to give the top job to his controversial appendage raised eyebrows among political observers, insiders said the move merely reflected his headline-grabbing member's already prominent role in the campaign.
Of course, these are merely a few headline grabbers.
Instead, I'll merely pass along ten headlines from the weekend, and one — the Mittster, caught on tape — from Monday afternoon.
Instead, I'll merely pass along ten headlines from the weekend, and one the Mittster, caught on tape from Monday afternoon.
