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

Rodriguez turned his splicing goof into a thunderous attention-grabber that packed the air with pumping fists and poppers alike.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 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

Even though China’s population is more than 1.38 billion, 80 deaths in such a compressed time period through something that seems so sinister and insidious is an attention-grabber.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2020

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