grandstand
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Not prepared to give up their quest for just a fifth win on New Zealand soil, France hit back when Jalibert's 78th-minute try set up a grandstand finish.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Rather than fearing a grandstand finish, David Moyes' team clearly sensed there was still time for one final twist against a side with such defensive vulnerabilities.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
And which provides better camera angles than you’d get from any grandstand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
Baffert said as he stood in the winner’s circle and motioned to the grandstand, which was crowded with an announced 41,962 fans, the largest opening day audience since 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
Venting months of frustration, Seabiscuit burned rubber off the line and sped past the grandstand.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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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
He is speaking to us trackside at Crystal Palace, its grandstands and shuttered scoreboard almost silenced and yearning to return to their former glory.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
The wind was worse than it had been down in front of the grandstands, pushing relentlessly now at their bow, slapping small, choppy waves against the port side.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
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
Elon Musk has made several grandstanding predictions about when he believes humankind will reach the red planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 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
Both sides of parliament dismissed it as disrespectful and a failed attempt at grandstanding.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
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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