showpiece

Example Sentences

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Just five minutes before the final, a tearful Wawrinka was shaking with nerves in the locker room, and he declared he was "completely empty" after the gruelling showpiece.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

At Geffen, it became a gripping showpiece, like attempting to zoom in a Ferrari through Manhattan streets, were they ever empty — the thrill of taking it all in.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

And against this backdrop, the EFL said it could not guarantee the showpiece at Wembley would go ahead as planned.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The struggling Blues faced the prospect of becoming the first team in English football history to lose seven consecutive league matches heading into a Wembley showpiece when they fell 1-0 behind at Liverpool.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Oppenheimer duly contrived “an elegant theory to rationalize these results,” and when Bohr came for his visit, the work was trotted out for him as a showpiece of Rad Lab science.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik