sideshow
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When Leath was charged with the murders of her two husbands a decade later, the confrontation with Walker made news again, but amounted to a baffling and salacious sideshow, its significance unclear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Most clubs do not leave it this late to tie down their starters to new deals, but contracts have become a complex sideshow over the past few years at Anfield.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
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
Modern accounting and investor trust have reduced dividends to a sideshow, but they used to be the whole point.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
We didn’t, and so we shifted direction toward the sideshow.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
