This is pretty common in Mexico, where written sources often take a higher tone and "showboat". From Wordnik.com. [Feliz d�a de Acci�n de Gracias] Reference
The showboat looked very workaday ordinary, except. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
She has "co-sponsored" showboat dead-end legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Clinton: The Press Ignores Hillary's Experience] Reference
It didn't even happen in or around the showboat itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
If they're really going to showboat, then actually do it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2009] Reference
Obama should have used his subcommittee to showboat, huh?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Talking Points On That 3 A.M. White House Phone Call] Reference
He was not a showboat, but he had a wonderful BS detector. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2005] Reference
Votes don't matter when it is showboat deadend legislation. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary And Edwards Won't Cross Picket Line To Debate] Reference
On her palms rested a paperweight from the showboat boss 'desk. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
For once, at least, for once, I didn't want this to be a showboat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2003] Reference
She only co-sponsors showboat legistlation that dies the next day. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Booed At Iowa Forum] Reference
No other way to explain why a showboat would remain here for years. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
And for the same reason, few people saw the showboat come in to land. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
But is he a sinister threat or just a showboat trying to get attention?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007] Reference
In the gray, driving rain, the showboat loomed like a small dark mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
I don't mean to sound like a showboat, but it's true, my persona's no joke. From Wordnik.com. [K'Naan: Hip-Hop's New Pop 'Troubadour'] Reference
It would be very awkward if these people were used to being with a showboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
In this kind of thing, you know, you can be a showboat, and you can take over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Deaf Youngster Feels Rhythm of Music Without Ever Hearing a Sound - October 22, 2000] Reference
Conservatives won all sorts of witless, showboat "tough" sentencing provisions. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Kennedy's Last Campaign] Reference
I just feel like, you know, don ` t try to showboat about, you know, hard times. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference
Frequently used by professional tasters eager to showboat their inner geologist. From Wordnik.com. [The Wine Snob's Dictionary, Volume 1] Reference
“showboat,” but certainly a showboat that had never steamed up the Mississippi. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
"He's a crook and he's a showboat," says Richard Brookhiser of the National Review. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Left to Fear] Reference
I didn't even know there was a showboat on-planet until one of my employers told me. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Every planet a showboat visited invariably produced a few local people who hired on. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Some people criticize you as a technical lightweight, and also something of a showboat. From Wordnik.com. [Keys to Success] Reference
Some people criticize you as a technical lightweight, and also something of a showboat. From Wordnik.com. [A Few of My Favorite Keys] Reference
Anyone who claims they have gratitude is just a self-absorbed showboat begging for attention. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Greenberg: Gratitude: The Smuggest Sentiment or the World's Second Most Selfish Act?] Reference
But he seems like a no-nonsense kind of guy who's not trying to showboat or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002] Reference
Given his tendency to egomaniacally showboat, his departure probably isn't much of a loss to ABC. From Wordnik.com. [Chez Pazienza: John Stossel: Across the Great Divide] Reference
He had a feeling there wouldn't be much left of the old showboat if the Thunderbird really cut loose. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
The Arabs and Afri-cans favored showboat dribbling and cartwheeling bicycle kicks in front of the goal. From Wordnik.com. [The Pickup Game As a Model for Peace?] Reference
The whole first day, the showboat was dark, running extra dress rehearsals for every act, even the sideshows. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
With a barely audible click, the Venture was magnetically locked onto the upper stage of the lattice showboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
There were squawks of protest from the lattice showboat-but it was too big and cumbersome to take evasive action. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Former CBS correspondent Fred Graham will handle play by play; showboat defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey will do commentary. From Wordnik.com. [Case No. 91-5482 Comes To Trial] Reference
Pausert held that last bit of fuel in the Venture 's tanks in reserve against the possibility of impacting the lattice showboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
Marketing: A rhyming, taunting showboat, he built the Ali "brand" before there was such a term, and promoted it across the globe. From Wordnik.com. [The Champ, Winning by Knockout] Reference
By the time he took his place on the stage in front of Cravan's panel, rumor had spread through the showboat like wildfire in pure oxygen. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard Of Karres]
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