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- verb Present participle of
showboat .
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Examples
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Happily, they outnumber the authors who hijack a panel and use it to promote themselves and their latest book exclusively, motormouths too self-absorbing to realize the good will and sales their showboating is likely to cost them.
January 2007 2007
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Happily, they outnumber the authors who hijack a panel and use it to promote themselves and their latest book exclusively, motormouths too self-absorbing to realize the good will and sales their showboating is likely to cost them.
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I wish I could say this is a new low in showboating for “Gomer” Gohmert but it’s really pretty mild compared to some of his other grandstanding.
Think Progress » Rep. Gohmert introduces resolution endorsing an Israeli military strike on Iran. 2010
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The lack of global rules means there is little to stand in the way of the considerable autonomy that ships' captains have accumulated over the centuries and that there is nothing on a global level to prevent practices such as so-called showboating where ships sail close to shore to give tourists a better view.
unknown title 2012
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His showboating was the beginning of the end for Roy ......
East Side Boxing 2009
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His showboating was the beginning of the end for Roy ......
East Side Boxing 2009
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Ths President needs to stop his constant "showboating" parade and govern!
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Ths President needs to stop his constant "showboating" parade and govern!
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Ths President needs to stop his constant "showboating" parade and govern!
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Not for the last ~30 years, when that kind of showboating got you a fawning newspaper article or a teen show after-school special.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Herd of Individualists, Wolfman Edition 2010
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