に出てた

appeared in

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appeared in A casual form of に出ていた, used when someone or something appeared in a newspaper, magazine, movie, TV show, book, or other media.
JA: 昨日のニュースに出てたよ。
EN: You appeared on the news yesterday.

あなたも新聞に出てた

You were in the newspaper too.

— シカゴ (2002)

絵本に出てた

Was it in a picture book?

— となりのトトロ (1988)

グーニーズに出てたデブ

The fat guy from The Goonies

— JUNO/ジュノ (2007)

タイム誌に出てた

It was in Time magazine.

— ダイ・ハード (1988)

新聞に出てた

It was in the newspaper.

— ア・フュー・グッドメン (1992)

昨日の夜トムテレビに出てたんだ

Tom was on TV last night.

遥かスパーン西部劇に出てたわけか

So, way back when, you were in a Western filmed in Spain?

— ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・ハリウッド (2019)

あの牧場昔はカウボーイ映画に出てた

At that ranch—he used to appear in movies playing cowboys.

— ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・ハリウッド (2019)