sideshow
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Tourret at the French marine institute agreed, calling the trips by the Chinese and South Korean vessels a sideshow.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Until then, every export-control hearing in Washington is a sideshow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
But all anyone inside the arena seemed to be talking about was the sideshow between a pair of legendary coaches—and a potential changing of the guard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
But on Friday in Miami, that sideshow collides with boxing's top tier as Paul faces two-time heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
I feel like a sideshow attraction being led in on a leash.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Several thousand people paid real money to come cheer a dozen teams at the debut event set for Saturday in St. Augustine, with contests and sideshows inspired by real events from America’s most surreal state.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Authorities reported five other sideshows that same night in Compton and South Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Consider the tourist exhibits in ancient Sparta, which by Roman times had become a theme park of wonders and sideshows.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2024
But these often felt like sideshows, guidebooks: boosterish accessories to a main event that is now struggling to regain and maintain its centrality in international culture.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Remembering Emma’s stories of performing in traveling sideshows with Miss Peregrine and the others, I turned to her and asked, “Are they peculiar?”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
