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make a show of



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But Blue Owl made an exception for the tech fund and paid out the full 15% in January, hoping to make a show of strength.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

"It's not very often you get to make a show of this scale with a character you grew up loving," she added.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2025

Vance of Ohio, traveled to New York to make a show of solidarity with his party’s presumptive nominee.

From New York Times May 14, 2024

He didn’t make a show of introducing Ohtani or Yamamoto; the newly signed Japanese stars have been doing that on their own.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2024

“Look to your left,” my aunt said softly, her voice close to my ear now as she pretended to dust off my wool wrap, “but don’t make a show of it.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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