Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SENSATIONALISE
Etymology
Verb
sensationalise (third-person singular simple present sensationalises, present participle sensationalising, simple past and past participle sensationalised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of sensationalize.
Source: Wiktionary
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