What better way to steal the thunder from your rivals than by making a huge song and dance about it?

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Anthony Hamilton may be regarded as the "Robin Hood of the Green Baize" but thus far he has failed in his bid to steal the thunder from snooker's elite.

BBC: Anthony Hamilton

However, I fully agree with Tom's comment that we don't want to do anything to "steal the thunder" from ongoing efforts to improve sonde-based estimates of atmospheric temperature change, and to better quantify structural uncertainties in those estimates.

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It's apparent that phone manufacturers are determined to steal some of the thunder of standalone PDAs and, frankly, it's a strategy that makes perfect sense.

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Beverley was called for a technical foul for thrusting his left forearm into Jackson after the Thunder guard made a steal attempt similar to the one that ended up with Westbrook getting hurt.

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How better to distract attention from other thornier issues and steal some of the Democrats' thunder than by unveiling a big environmental initiative?

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Now the company's co-founder turned rival is jumping in, hoping to steal some thunder.

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While cheap "Netpliances" will steal some of the PC's thunder, a full multimedia experience remains restricted to the domain of high-end desktops.

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