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pageant

[paj-uhnt] / ˈpædʒ ənt /


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For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.

From The Wall Street Journal

The controversy around Ms Dzafce is a postscript to a chaotic Miss Universe pageant hosted in Thailand that had been hounded by walkouts and allegations of rigging.

From BBC

This year, the pageant is going to be more meaningful.

From Los Angeles Times

The logistics teams only breathe a sigh of relief once every street is clean, the traffic lights are returned, and the pageant of the parade is across the Lincoln Tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rachel and Phoebe enter Emma in a baby beauty pageant while Ross and Joey go to a hockey game.

From Los Angeles Times