For once they were the stars, not just a sideshow in the track-and-field circus.
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This inter-island spat, however, is a sideshow to the real threats to the brand.
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Point being the discussion on recapitalization is a sideshow to the whole thing.
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His return marks the beginning of yet another sideshow for this election season.
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Abortion is just a sideshow, a convenient excuse to indulge in control freakdom.
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They're drawn to the midway and sideshow fried foods, fun games and weird acts.
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Of course, normally Finland would be a sideshow in European matters big or small.
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From Palin to TeaBaggers to The Donald, the Republicans are quite the sideshow.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
By now, we're well-versed in the traveling sideshow that is Ford Theatre Reunion.
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A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event; "instruction is not an educational sideshow"
A minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus)
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