main event

Example Sentences

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Meat and marrow, Fagan points out, were never the main event but an occasional supplement to a diet of plants and other collectible foods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

For now, of course, during a double blockade of sea traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, this is not the main event in oil markets, affecting the prices of oil, gas, petrol, plastics and food.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The main event was the “cooling steam therapy,” which Xie said was meant to be calming and refreshing and help relieve tired eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The tricky part is that even when the main event is “free,” the total adds up quickly.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

There had been foreshocks, smaller earthquakes that shook the countryside for days before the main event, but there’s nothing unusual about earthquakes in Japan.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland