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big show

noun as in feature

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He confesses humbly to being a little skeptical, makes a big show of wanting Geller to do well, invites him to return and try again, and as Geller struggles, Carson listens, waits patiently, acts baffled.

We’re in a period of increased solar activity, and there was another big show last Thursday night, with aurora borealis visible as far south as Texas, San Diego, and Mazatlan.

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One of the most eye-popping charges in WP Engine’s nearly 100-page filing contends that when Automattic made its big show of transferring WordPress trademark rights to the WordPress Foundation in 2010, it “in fact had quietly transferred irrevocable, exclusive, royalty-free rights in the WordPress trademarks right back to Automattic that very same day.”

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As borough president, he made a big show of sleeping at the Borough Hall in a makeshift bed and constructing a small gym to go along with it, and encouraged off-duty cops to carry their guns while attending church.

From Slate

She says Netflix loved the script and that they thought it could be a big show, but with someone else in the starring role — Bell.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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