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[gran-stand, grand-] / ˈgrænˌstænd, ˈgrænd- /


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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

And which provides better camera angles than you’d get from any grandstand.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

Baffert said as he stood in the winner’s circle and motioned to the grandstand, which was crowded with an announced 41,962 fans, the largest opening day audience since 2016.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

Lawrence Shankland cut the arrears 15 minutes from time before Cammy Devlin set up a grandstand finish.

From Barron's Dec. 27, 2025

Up in the grandstand, Stagehand’s trainer, Earl Sande, realized what was happening.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Anyone who has never attended the race may be left to wonder: With all the pomp in the grandstands, how does anyone get a clear glimpse of the finish line?

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

Within minutes there were racecourses and grandstands, side shows and refreshment booths, gaming fields, Ferris wheels, banners, bunting, and bedlam, almost without pause.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

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

Previous versions have often been sleepy affairs with more backslapping and grandstanding than serious policy action.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

We’re going to have to get to a place where long-term deliberation is possible instead of short-term Instagram and TikTok, like little bits of information grandstanding as serious insight.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The U.S. and Malaysia have largely enjoyed warm relations over the years, notwithstanding occasional rhetorical grandstanding, especially on the part of former longtime Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2025

"It's histrionics and grandstanding," said John Bursch, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2024

Nevertheless, several accomplished alpinists not on her team regarded Pittman as a grandstanding dilettante.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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