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spectacle

[spek-tuh-kuhl] / ˈspɛk tə kəl /


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There was something unconsciously fitting about it all: the spectacle of one old media company offering a platform to an icon of another to say something unhinged, self-obsessed and divorced from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"Football is a spectacle and a spectacle needs people watching," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Few public figures generate stronger reactions in New York, and his appearance — as it usually does — adds another layer of politics, spectacle and unpredictability to an event that already feels larger than sports.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Fulgurous cinematic spectacle may immerse your attention, but the opera’s essence is transferred from the stage to the pit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

This funny spectacle appeared to amuse the sun, for he burst out with such radiance that Jo woke up and roused her sisters by a hearty laugh at Amy’s ornament.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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