sideshow

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But all anyone inside the arena seemed to be talking about was the sideshow between a pair of legendary coaches—and a potential changing of the guard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But on Friday in Miami, that sideshow collides with boxing's top tier as Paul faces two-time heavyweight world champion and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Excitement over future AI business has largely reduced Cipher’s existing operations to a sideshow.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

In 1946, a sideshow fixture billed as “Miss Elsie Marks, the Cobra Woman,” died after her seven-foot diamondback rattlesnake bit her.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

We walked out of the sideshow the way we’d come, dejected, past the now-empty stages, past the plain-looking boy, out of the tent and into the daylight.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs