grandstander
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He deflected Trump’s jabs by joking he was at least “second rate” as a grandstander.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
“He is not a grandstander, which the bureau needs because we shouldn’t know who the director of the FBI is.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2019
He is the offstage presence, the opposite of a grandstander, even with the report having been made published.
From Fox News ● May 2, 2019
With TV cameras rolling, Kelly falsely said Wilson had been a grandstander at a 2015 dedication of an FBI facility named for fallen agents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2018
Roosevelt seemed to amuse him always, to be a delightful if ridiculous and self-interested "grandstander," as he always said, "always looking out for Teddy, you bet," but good for the country, inspiring it with visions.
From Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser
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