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Noun
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But Chelsea in their pomp knew how to cope with such setbacks and get the result anyway.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025 -
Many high-end restaurants, especially in Texas, try to offer fancy tacos at inflated prices without delivering anything worthy of the cost or pomp.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In addition to the Hollywood contingent, several prominent political leaders were in attendance, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who described growing up going to Pride parades with his mother.—
Rance Collins,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas’ regular season wasn’t much like the Johnnies’ good-vibes parade through Queens.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 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
Noun
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Denver residents weigh in with ideas for massive new city park Sunday, Aug. 3: The Rowdy Brass Band, Tivoli Club Brass Band and Guerrilla Fanfare close out the season with a brass band extravaganza.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2025
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Materials for all seasons at the world’s grandest art fair, plus Cleopatra and a killer ship model The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht in the Netherlands is the art extravaganza of the year.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 Mar. 2025
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The couple met in a fitness class in 2007 while attending Auburn University, where Lindsay, a former beauty queen in local pageants around her home town of Dothan, Ala., was a cheerleader, and Robert, a Georgia native, was a long snapper on the football team.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In ancient Persia, the charming Jewish orphan for whom the book is named wins King Ahasuerus’s beauty pageant and becomes queen of a massive empire, while keeping her Jewishness secret.—
Tal Fortgang,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And yet each flanker of the classic is deserving of fanfare, like 2024’s L’eau d’Issey Pour Homme Solar Lavender.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2025
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Right here in New York, policing initiatives that were launched with great fanfare, and that had achieved success, are quickly shelved when a new management team takes over.—
Kenneth E. Corey,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But not every serpent spectacle comes with a picnic table and a selfie spot.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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One of the most famous of the walkers was Edward Payton Weston, whose many ultra-walks touted a mix of sensationalism, spectacle, manliness, and health.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The nonprofit committee is tasked with planning and hosting much of the pageantry that traditionally accompanies transitions of presidential power.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
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In the first Pop-Tarts Bowl, Kansas State beat NC State 28-19 in front of a crowd of about 31,000 fans but garnered millions of impressions online with the postgame pageantry led by Frosted Strawberry.—
Manny Navarro,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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“éclat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/%C3%A9clat. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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