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Noun
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And too much pomp, of the sort that is inextricable from a victory lap like this one, can threaten to kill the anarchic spirit of a show that thrives on spontaneity.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025 -
The rowdy pomp and ceremony that accompanies a wedding march, meanwhile, is pointedly shown as not all that different from the film’s funeral processions — each soundtracked by the juddering snap and pop of cheap firecrackers.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Eagles Super Bowl parade and rally will be broadcast locally and streaming on Philadelphia news stations' YouTube pages.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Howie Roseman was also left bloodied after Friday’s parade.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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But what was once the norm can now seem a kind of ableist mummery, which this production attempts to sidestep by offering a Richard with no physical impairments at all.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 July 2022
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Last week, as Russia prepared to invade Ukraine and Gergiev prepared to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the usual mummery was unfolding.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2022
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There are many ways to have a surf-and-turf extravaganza at Amaya.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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While black holes are invisible, the flares unleashed by the swirling disk of hot gas and dust, or accretion disk, that orbits Sagittarius A* resemble a pyrotechnic extravaganza.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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Marla, his second, hosted the Miss Universe pageants.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 2025
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According to Larry Strong, Duggins' former pageant director, Duggins was a two-time former Miss Kansas contestant.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The manager also believes that Judge and Bellinger can relate to Domínguez, as their careers also began with plenty of fanfare.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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The fanfare continues to build, with movie merchandise flying off the shelves and the film projected to earn nearly $2 billion in China alone.—
Dawn Liu,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Pairing him next to Aaron Judge among other Yankees stars would be quite a spectacle in the Bronx.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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What started as a private spat had turned into a public spectacle.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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This year, the pageantry and spectacle returned its usual February scheduling and was brought back to its original 1877 host venue of Madison Square Garden in New York – then known as Gilmore’s Garden.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Consider the Roman Catholic pageantry and aesthetic splendor of it all, with the ceremonial rites, the pilgrimages to grand cathedrals (St. Dolby’s, St. Beverly Hilton’s), lots of sermonizing, and even fast days.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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