main event
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The peeling facades, faded signs and cavernous auditoriums of such cinemas are remnants of a time when going to the movies was itself the main event.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Pantoja aims to reclaim the belt he lost at UFC 331, with the main event beginning at 6 p.m. and streaming on Paramount+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Now the main event is here, the last sliver of the culture the public can all discuss without wrestling each other in the supermarket parking lot:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Your investments look like the backup plan, rather than the main event.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
There had been foreshocks, smaller earthquakes that shook the countryside for days before the main event, but there’s nothing unusual about earthquakes in Japan.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
