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[gran-stand, grand-] / ˈgrænˌstænd, ˈgrænd- /


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"For us Formula 1 fans, it's really great to have a race at home!" says Rodrigo Gil, a 30-year-old engineer from Madrid, as he watches free practice from a grandstand at Turn 8.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But it wouldn’t be honest for me to grandstand that our contributors never use a tool like AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

As part of the deal, TSG must pay for the demolition of the stables, grandstand and adjoining structures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Rather than fearing a grandstand finish, David Moyes' team clearly sensed there was still time for one final twist against a side with such defensive vulnerabilities.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Helen never knew how she got from the grandstand to the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Anyone who has never attended the race may be left to wonder: With all the pomp in the grandstands, how does anyone get a clear glimpse of the finish line?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The cheapest tickets in the grandstands are around $35.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

View-blocking umbrellas are prohibited in parade grandstands and along the route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

On Saturday the pair powered through a sustained shower of razz from the grandstands at the Ryder Cup on New York’s Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

And he has grandstanded constantly about Santos’ turpitude on TV.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023

“Van Damme certainly grandstanded around the set – he let everyone know who the star was,” he recalls.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2018

"Performing for you is my life," Rivers grandstanded at the end, "and no one has the right to take it away from me."

From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2014

Worse, members of the committee grandstanded about the testimony, about Hill’s motives.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2014

You have grandstanded and posed as the debonair adventurer, until it’s come to be second nature.

From The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

In fact, they also create ample opportunity for disruption, grandstanding and subterfuge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

We’re going to have to get to a place where long-term deliberation is possible instead of short-term Instagram and TikTok, like little bits of information grandstanding as serious insight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Instead, officials “chose grandstanding instead of the normal process” and arrested Williamson at home Wednesday, despite her being seriously ill and in need of a liver transplant, Scott said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025

The U.S. and Malaysia have largely enjoyed warm relations over the years, notwithstanding occasional rhetorical grandstanding, especially on the part of former longtime Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025

He was grandstanding, Inej saw that, buying her time as she leapt over the slate shingles.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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