attention-grabber

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Young was a model of leadership, production and punishing play, but he wasn’t a flashy attention-grabber on the field or a flamboyant personality away from it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022

The attention-grabber was that the opulent wine country restaurant is ultra-expensive and named the French Laundry, the words practically a synonym for elitism.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2021

To say this isn’t exactly an attention-grabber is putting it mildly; even columns that are explicitly about Klobuchar frequently drift off into analysis of her opponents.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2020

Just think: an animal sitting in on a meeting is a bit of an attention-grabber.

From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2016

And what does he say to readers in the blogosphere who accuse him of being an attention-grabber enjoying his 15 minutes of fame?

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2010