showboat
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He’s a showboat who dresses like Bootsy Collins and vows he’s the next Phil Collins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
“Some people worried was Martin O’Malley going to be a showboat — but guess what? He turned out to be a tugboat,” Ms. Mikulski said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
"The Takeover" started to showboat, dancing in the centre of the ring, and when Taylor took the bait and lunged in, Lopez snapped his head back with a straight left.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023
The list of wealthy people willing to sign up for a chance to buy a showboat aircraft that would smoke all their rivals’ clunkers grew.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022
He looked pretty good until he saw me watching him, then he tried to showboat.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
He knows how to showcase himself well, but he never showboats.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2020
Sia definitely showboats in her performance, which is annoying, but she has the vocal chops to do it, especially in comparison to some of the other chumps in the video.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
The Clippers were the Hollywood heels — complainers and showboats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
Yiddish journalists were showboats, garnishing tabloid sensationalism with literary jokes and religious references.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
He rarely argues with officials, never showboats and rarely, if ever, exchanges words with competitors.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2012
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