The scandal was just a sideshow for the real disaster.
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Sideshow
//ˈsaɪdˌʃoʊ//
Synonyms for "sideshow" (6 found)
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German
3 entries- Beiprogramm noun (minor attraction at a larger event)
- Nebenattraktion noun (minor attraction at a larger event)
- Nebenschauplatz noun (minor attraction at a larger event)
Māori
1 entries- mataraharaha noun (minor attraction at a larger event)
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1999 November 8, Frank Hayes, The Back Page: The main event, Computerworld, page 86, And IT people dismiss IT′s impact because, hey, we like being a sideshow to the real action.
Source: wiktionary
1999, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book, Australia, Number 81, page 349, Other recreation services, including amusement parks or arcades, sideshows, circuses and agricultural shows, accounted for another 666 businesses. These businesses employed 10,318 persons and a further 3,518 volunteers.
Source: wiktionary
In Australia he busked (singing on street corners), steeplejacked, was a drover and sheep shearer, did motor bike stunts in sideshows and even painted the Sydney Harbor^([sic]) Bridge.
Source: wiktionary
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