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Example Sentences

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When Leath was charged with the murders of her two husbands a decade later, the confrontation with Walker made news again, but amounted to a baffling and salacious sideshow, its significance unclear.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Some analysts say the vote is a sideshow.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Surrealism continues to fuel artists’ and viewers’ imaginations, but it has increasingly become art’s carnival sideshow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Graham and Van der Merwe's continuing battle to end their respective careers as Scotland's all-time top try scorer is another entertaining sideshow.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Since I had been blamed for the mess, a few of the other children came to check on me as if I were a sideshow.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter