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spectacle

[spek-tuh-kuhl] / ˈspɛk tə kəl /


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Parr preferred the audience to the spectacle from the very start.

From The Wall Street Journal

As well as seeing her eldest child on trial in Norway's biggest court spectacle for years, Mette-Marit is suffering from ill health, having contracted the lung disease pulmonary fibrosis.

From BBC

I tore my eyes from the spectacle as swiftly as I could, for Christoffels’ expression forbade us to notice anything out of the ordinary.

From Literature

Amid the debate over the new rules, what is more important, the entertainment spectacle or driver satisfaction?

From BBC

That fear has produced an unusual spectacle in conservative politics.

From Salon