spectator
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As a venture investor, Parillo developed a thesis on trading competitions becoming a spectator sport long before he participated in one.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
But it gave viewers some sense of what players, pitchers and umpires were figuring out in real time: What counts as a ball and a strike in the most subjective of all spectator sports?
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
"I got a special invitation to go inside Feltham Prison in 2011 to watch a match as the only spectator," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
In the past two years, spending on live events, excluding spectator sports, has shot up by $10 billion to a total of $60 billion.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
I kept my eyes focused on the bleak, unpainted spectator stands, abandoned for so long that tiny plants had started to push their green heads through the cracks in the cement.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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