showboat
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He’s a showboat who dresses like Bootsy Collins and vows he’s the next Phil Collins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
But Ms Blatterman insists the Mangiones have remained "relatable" and don't "showboat".
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
Kemp attributed Anovion’s choice of location to state and local officials, saying “they don’t posture or showboat, and they don’t try to steal credit.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Most surprising of all, he’s leading the Premier League in assists: The showboat is now a team player.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
He looked pretty good until he saw me watching him, then he tried to showboat.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
But neither actress leans into mannerism or quirk; neither showboats.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
He knows how to showcase himself well, but he never showboats.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2020
Sia definitely showboats in her performance, which is annoying, but she has the vocal chops to do it, especially in comparison to some of the other chumps in the video.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2020
The Clippers were the Hollywood heels — complainers and showboats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
The remarkable thing about the electric, limber-voiced Payton is that she never showboats, even while wringing every last ounce of emotion from the gutbucket spectacle “And I Am Telling You” from “Dreamgirls.”
From Washington Post
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