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Recent Examples of grandstands
Another image was shown in court Thursday of Gabehart sitting in the grandstands during Sunday's race at Darlington Raceway.
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ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The grandstands and the hospitality tents will be full again.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
At the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane slope, in the grandstands about 2,000 feet below, there was nothing but a sickening silence after Vonn’s crash.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
When the lights go out and the sound of 20 engines thundering to life cuts through the crowd’s silent anticipation, all eyes in the grandstands will fix on the race for 56 laps.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
With this season’s addition of approximately 300 extra seats in temporary bleachers down the right-field, McCombs has an official capacity of approximately 1,552 for the grandstands.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
With the snow and ice cleared from the track and grandstands, drivers have zoomed around the North Carolina short track built in Bowman Gray Stadium — a multi-use facility that also hosts Winston-Salem State University football games — and went through practice and qualifying without a hitch.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
The game follows the Rose Parade, where an estimated 700,000 people travel from near and far to the grandstands and sidewalks of Pasadena to watch.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
The cheapest seats on Ticketmaster on Monday were selling for more than $500 for seats in the upper grandstands.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The grandstands and the hospitality tents will be full again.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
At the bottom of the Olympia delle Tofane slope, in the grandstands about 2,000 feet below, there was nothing but a sickening silence after Vonn’s crash.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
When the lights go out and the sound of 20 engines thundering to life cuts through the crowd’s silent anticipation, all eyes in the grandstands will fix on the race for 56 laps.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
With this season’s addition of approximately 300 extra seats in temporary bleachers down the right-field, McCombs has an official capacity of approximately 1,552 for the grandstands.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
With the snow and ice cleared from the track and grandstands, drivers have zoomed around the North Carolina short track built in Bowman Gray Stadium — a multi-use facility that also hosts Winston-Salem State University football games — and went through practice and qualifying without a hitch.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
The game follows the Rose Parade, where an estimated 700,000 people travel from near and far to the grandstands and sidewalks of Pasadena to watch.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
The cheapest seats on Ticketmaster on Monday were selling for more than $500 for seats in the upper grandstands.
—Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandstands
Noun
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ZooAmerica, which is located inside Hersheypark, is an 11-acre zoo that houses animals found in North America.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Haubrich intends to build a new street to be called Eastwood Circle that would have access off Handel, 17 of the houses would have driveways connecting to Eastwood.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Founded in Toronto in 1995 by the late Sonja Bata (wife of Czech shoemaker Thomas Bata), the museum encompasses 4,500 years of footwear history in four rotating galleries.—
Jane Levere,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some galleries reported day-one sales into the six figures.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Grandstands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grandstands. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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