spectacles
Example Sentences
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That one had live horses, framing the venue as a place for the grandest of spectacles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
There are press conferences and then there are spectacles, not always matching communication strategies.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
And he has said he has been able "to gaze on some of the most marvellous spectacles that the wild places of the world have to offer".
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
By the 1870s his work—often passively comfortable with the standard paysage, or horizontal format, and entranced by distant spectacles like sunsets or mountaintops—began to seem sedate to serious viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Down on the ground, he devises spectacles for the duke.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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