pageantry

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Mr. Ali, who directed the flashy but fun “Twelfth Night” that reopened the Delacorte last year, again piles on the pageantry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The last of these, with its red-white-and-blue pageantry dripping with patriotic pride, seems to be of particular interest to the president.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The answers, though, seem largely incidental beside the pageantry of haute cuisine and burbling table talk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

At one point, I thought it would be cool to do like a pageantry baton spinning dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

No, the elevated tone was a part and parcel of the pageantry of establishing a rapport.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck