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spectator

[spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-] / ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ- /


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Trading is being reimagined as a spectator sport, complete with play-by-play commentary and, of course, prediction bets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

As one fellow music journalist recently said to me, “Coachella is the only music festival that’s also a spectator sport.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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

Riddle, wrote one spectator, “was accused of everything under the sun save the shooting of Lincoln and the current recession.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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