grandstand
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But it wouldn’t be honest for me to grandstand that our contributors never use a tool like AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Not prepared to give up their quest for just a fifth win on New Zealand soil, France hit back when Jalibert's 78th-minute try set up a grandstand finish.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
And which provides better camera angles than you’d get from any grandstand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
The Tournament of Roses is providing more than 1,000 free grandstand tickets for fire victims to view the parade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
It was a collection of sheds and tents and a grandstand for the harness racing.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
She and two friends were watching for the first time from packed grandstands, having stumbled onto the competition during a weekend reunion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Hampden ground has long been considered the first stadium where many of the aspects now common to a football stadium - such as grandstands, turnstiles and season tickets for entry - originated.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The cheapest tickets in the grandstands are around $35.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
View-blocking umbrellas are prohibited in parade grandstands and along the route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
Torrancers carpooled to his races and crammed the grandstands.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
And he has grandstanded constantly about Santos’ turpitude on TV.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
“Van Damme certainly grandstanded around the set – he let everyone know who the star was,” he recalls.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2018
"Performing for you is my life," Rivers grandstanded at the end, "and no one has the right to take it away from me."
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2014
Worse, members of the committee grandstanded about the testimony, about Hill’s motives.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2014
You have grandstanded and posed as the debonair adventurer, until it’s come to be second nature.
From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck
You have the extremes that call the ball on so many debates, partly I guess it’s social media, TikTok, it’s the grandstanding by members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Elon Musk has made several grandstanding predictions about when he believes humankind will reach the red planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Both sides of parliament dismissed it as disrespectful and a failed attempt at grandstanding.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Hitler discovered that courtrooms were the perfect platform for his political grandstanding.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
I figured he was just grandstanding, sucking up the media’s attention because he could.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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