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Recent Examples of barnstorm
For decades after the first eight planets were barnstormed, orbited, and landed upon by spacecraft from Earth, Pluto remained the only one of the solar system’s major worlds that never received a visit—a slight that was not rectified until the New Horizons spacecraft flew by it in 2015.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The get-back with Sivan will extend Brat Summer into 2025 after the dynamic duo barnstormed arenas in North America on the 22-city fall Sweat Tour, as well as giving European audiences their first look at the Sweat aesthetic.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have barnstormed the states, making their final pitches to crucial voters that could put them in the White House.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
But a number of his remaining picks are controversial, and Republicans are hoping to avoid further errors as the nominees barnstorm Capitol Hill and move closer to their confirmation hearings and potentially hitting the Senate floor.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The get-back with Sivan will extend Brat Summer into 2025 after the dynamic duo barnstormed arenas in North America on the 22-city fall Sweat Tour, as well as giving European audiences their first look at the Sweat aesthetic.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have barnstormed the states, making their final pitches to crucial voters that could put them in the White House.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
But a number of his remaining picks are controversial, and Republicans are hoping to avoid further errors as the nominees barnstorm Capitol Hill and move closer to their confirmation hearings and potentially hitting the Senate floor.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstorm
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As usual, Nelson will spend this year on the road, first at his Luck Reunion on Thursday and then on his roving Outlaw Music Festival with Bob Dylan.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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These deer-resistant groundcover plants aren't appealing to roving herds.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
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Like Great Sand Dunes in Colorado—one of my favorite national parks—this state park is a beautiful place to roam, explore, and spend a night under a starry sky.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
10 Mar. 2025
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In the 1960s, a quarter of dogs roamed freely, and euthanasia rates in shelters were 10 to 20 times higher.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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This prevents the disease from hopping to other communities, Offit explains.—
Ripley Cleghorn,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2025
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With the Rangers’ loss, the Canadiens, who have two games in hand, hopped into the second wild-card spot.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Elderly residents wandered off without supervision, medications weren’t properly administered, and emergency pull cords in some bedrooms didn’t work, the state alleged.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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Visitors can wander over 50 acres of natural beauty, including an interactive area for children, a wetland garden featuring native species, and a dedicated space housing over 1,500 roses.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
18 Mar. 2025
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Matthews’ August resolution called for either a bigger sales tax increase — 1.4 cents — to help pay for the full Silver Line as light rail or for all rail projects to be converted to bus rapid transit.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2025
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Busing was politically explosive, and Adams reports that media coverage of the case focused more on the busing angle than on the segregation that busing was intended to rectify.—
Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
25 Feb. 2025
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Don Jazzy tells me that while most of the industry gallivanted over the festive season, Rema was recording, too.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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The film is all gun-toting, door-busting, gallivanting action.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
17 Aug. 2024
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Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
29 Nov. 2024
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The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2024
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Worldwide Success, Olympic Disappointment At age 16, the Delaware native jetted off to Montreal for her first World Championships as an elite gymnast.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Moncler jetted everyone out to the grand ski destination of Courchevel, France for the brand’s Fall 2025 show—from Anne Hathaway to Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Jessica Chastain, Penn Badgley, and the Peltz-Beckhams.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Barnstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstorm. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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