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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

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

From Barron's Dec. 27, 2025

“Dead Man” takes aim at hypocritical strong men who grandstand on a pulpit.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

Helen never knew how she got from the grandstand to the track.

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

Umbrellas are prohibited in the parade grandstands, and spectators are encouraged to leave them at home if they’re standing elsewhere along the route, said Candy Carlson, a spokesperson for the Tournament of Roses.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

As the Hitler Youth faced the twin granite grandstands, they stood at parade rest, waiting for the Führer to address them.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

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

According to Kyslytsia, these dealings are business-like and generally free of the sort of political and historical grandstanding seen elsewhere by Moscow.

From BBC Feb. 23, 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

He was grandstanding, Inej saw that, buying her time as she leapt over the slate shingles.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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