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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
grandstand .
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Examples
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It would appear that Ritchie ran (some of) her proposals initially past the Executive and got nowhere; she then 'grandstanded' in public; she was supposed to return to the Executive (according to Poots) but announced her decision to the Assembly instead.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich.
Michelle Chen: Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America Michelle Chen 2011
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It seems a prime issue to be grandstanded as a possible constitutional amendment, at least to me personally.
Chris Weigant: No Budget? No Paycheck! Chris Weigant 2011
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It seems a prime issue to be grandstanded as a possible constitutional amendment, at least to me personally.
Chris Weigant: No Budget? No Paycheck! Chris Weigant 2011
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Desmond grandstanded before the inquiry, describing the Daily Mail as the "Daily Malicious" and its editor as the "fat butcher", and tried to justify the Express's stories about Diana by saying: "There has been speculation that Princess Diana was killed by the royal family."
Leveson inquiry: grandstanding Desmond plays down mistakes 2012
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Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich.
Michelle Chen: Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America Michelle Chen 2011
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Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich.
Michelle Chen: Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America Michelle Chen 2011
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Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich.
Michelle Chen: Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America Michelle Chen 2011
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Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich.
Michelle Chen: Washington's Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America Michelle Chen 2011
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He made the music swing in his distinctive way, but never grandstanded or pulled focus from the whole.
A Sudden Void at the Vanguard Will Friedwald 2011
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