spectacular
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The 40th anniversary of Londonderry's Halloween festival has come to a spectacular close, with a carnival parade and fireworks display lighting up the skies over the River Foyle.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Visit Norway, the Scandinavian country’s tourism agency, responded to Trump’s insult with a cheeky campaign celebrating its spectacular public restrooms, declaring that Norway makes “shithouses great again.”
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
Of course, there have been some private-equity funds that have generated spectacular returns over the decades.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Halloween costume inspiration can arise from anywhere but one spectacular, often-overlooked source is right here in our trusty home of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
At last he tossed it extravagantly high, made a spectacular twisting leap, and swallowed it in .one gulp.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The documents describe how once inside the resort guests will experience "adrenaline-pumping coasters", "mind-blowing spectaculars" and will "come face-to-face with incredible creatures, heroes, and villains".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
The summer spectaculars coincided with the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, a new reason to make going to the movies a big, social occasion again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
In recent years, White was beloved by a generation of people who’ve never experienced broadcast television — or experienced it only through one-off spectaculars such the Super Bowl.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2022
The parades, fireworks, and nighttime spectaculars that are typical of the Disney park experience are still suspended.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2021
It is an hour before midnight when we reach one of the two greatest spectaculars of our whole six months' journeying,—the Ramparts.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
Vocabulary lists containing spectacular
"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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