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grandstand

[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

Supporters in the north grandstand, the Victoria Block, sent the team off with chants of “We Want Better.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

The machines, which allow people to bet on past horse races in a slot-machine-type format, were put into the grandstand area of Santa Anita on Thursday with no notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

There was a grandstand, like at the Little League field.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

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

There are two spectator grandstands at Piccadilly and on Cockspur Street, close to Trafalgar Square.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

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

Others see his comments as grandstanding meant to stoke investor excitement for what’s being sold as a godlike technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Responding to Reform's claims that the needs of minority communities matter more, she said: "I don't think this is a moment to pit white Britons against non-white Britons", and any "political grandstanding" should be rejected.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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

Instead, officials “chose grandstanding instead of the normal process” and arrested Williamson at home Wednesday, despite her being seriously ill and in need of a liver transplant, Scott said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

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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