spectacle
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The frantic search for survivors has long since yielded to the grim spectacle of excavators clearing ruins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He added their photographer was "wicked" capturing "some really impressive shots" of the spectacle and guest reactions.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Farage's plan to turn this by-election into a serious political battle failed," Queen Mary University of London politics professor Stijn van Kessel told AFP, noting the resulting spectacle "makes Farage look rather silly".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh was in Burgos, Spain, and said he got goosebumps from the spectacle.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Naturally, you will wish to retire to a safe place to observe the spectacle.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Some people are using the glasses — which look like a pair of regular spectacles — to record people without their knowledge and publish the videos on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Weddings are spectacles, and a couple’s budget can say a lot about what matters to them.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
Their position near eye level gives these scenes an unusual immediacy, drawing us inescapably into these harrowing spectacles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
They are, at the end of a Sunday night, high fantasy spectacles based on a fictional land with a complex history that was created by author George R.R.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Phoebe stood next to them, waving, with the sunlight glinting off her spectacles.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
Vocabulary lists containing spectacle
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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