showboat
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Spencer Pratt is a showboat, a loudmouth, a troll and a self-proclaimed villain who seems willing to say anything in his quest to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The defending champion was so comfortable he began to showboat when Nery missed, playing to the crowd as he mixed in body and head shots.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
Kemp attributed Anovion’s choice of location to state and local officials, saying “they don’t posture or showboat, and they don’t try to steal credit.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Most surprising of all, he’s leading the Premier League in assists: The showboat is now a team player.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
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
And yet lately, many people believe that these admonitions have been forgotten — that we are living in a veritable golden age of hypocritical showboats advertising their own righteousness.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2017
Dressed in black, with pearls and thick eyeliner, this version of the celebrity opera singer frets, fumes and showboats in hugely diverting fashion.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2017
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