sideshow
Example Sentences
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Some analysts say the vote is a sideshow.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
Graham and Van der Merwe's continuing battle to end their respective careers as Scotland's all-time top try scorer is another entertaining sideshow.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
The magician Ricky Jay’s compendium of actual “unique, eccentric and amazing entertainers” offers a parade of con artists, charlatans, escapologists, daredevils, mesmerists, contortionists and sideshow acts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
In his first two full seasons, the Dodgers vs. the rest of the league at Dodger Stadium was a sideshow to the main event: Frank McCourt vs.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
On one side, a group of black men struggles to put up the sideshow banners.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
