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grandstand

[gran-stand, grand-] / ˈgrænˌstænd, ˈgrænd- /


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"For us Formula 1 fans, it's really great to have a race at home!" says Rodrigo Gil, a 30-year-old engineer from Madrid, as he watches free practice from a grandstand at Turn 8.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Not prepared to give up their quest for just a fifth win on New Zealand soil, France hit back when Jalibert's 78th-minute try set up a grandstand finish.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

And which provides better camera angles than you’d get from any grandstand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

The machines, which allow people to bet on past horse races in a slot-machine-type format, were put into the grandstand area of Santa Anita on Thursday with no notice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

Two minutes later Smith and Pumpkin appeared with Seabiscuit, who was covered to the ears in a red blanket emblazoned with a white H. Thirty thousand people watched the horses from the grandstand and clubhouse.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

She and two friends were watching for the first time from packed grandstands, having stumbled onto the competition during a weekend reunion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The cheapest tickets in the grandstands are around $35.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

View-blocking umbrellas are prohibited in parade grandstands and along the route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

On Saturday the pair powered through a sustained shower of razz from the grandstands at the Ryder Cup on New York’s Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

And he has grandstanded constantly about Santos’ turpitude on TV.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023

“Van Damme certainly grandstanded around the set – he let everyone know who the star was,” he recalls.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2018

"Performing for you is my life," Rivers grandstanded at the end, "and no one has the right to take it away from me."

From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2014

Worse, members of the committee grandstanded about the testimony, about Hill’s motives.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2014

You have grandstanded and posed as the debonair adventurer, until it’s come to be second nature.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

Others see his comments as grandstanding meant to stoke investor excitement for what’s being sold as a godlike technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Previous versions have often been sleepy affairs with more backslapping and grandstanding than serious policy action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Responding to Reform's claims that the needs of minority communities matter more, she said: "I don't think this is a moment to pit white Britons against non-white Britons", and any "political grandstanding" should be rejected.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Instead, officials “chose grandstanding instead of the normal process” and arrested Williamson at home Wednesday, despite her being seriously ill and in need of a liver transplant, Scott said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

Nevertheless, several accomplished alpinists not on her team regarded Pittman as a grandstanding dilettante.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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