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Recent Examples of cirque
In its early years, it was located smack in the middle of the grounds, a beaconing festival-goers with beats, cirque performances and the all-important misters.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Based on Sara Green’s 2006 bestseller, the show premiered last year at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre and elevates the musical to new and literal heights with its seamless integration of theatrical and cirque artistry.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
On Saturday, Madison Saltsburg, 20, fell roughly 600 feet down the Tuckerman Ravine, a glacial cirque on the southeast face of Mount Washington, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.
—USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
This cirque show combines acrobatic performance with the art of clowning while exploring fear, identity, recognition and power.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Based on Sara Green’s 2006 bestseller, the show premiered last year at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre and elevates the musical to new and literal heights with its seamless integration of theatrical and cirque artistry.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
On Saturday, Madison Saltsburg, 20, fell roughly 600 feet down the Tuckerman Ravine, a glacial cirque on the southeast face of Mount Washington, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.
—USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
This cirque show combines acrobatic performance with the art of clowning while exploring fear, identity, recognition and power.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirque
Noun
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The researchers acquired these bits from four individuals and cut out circles one or two millimeters across for genetic sequencing.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those big circles represent data from government monitoring stations that operate across the country.—
Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In 2010, William proposed to Kate with his late mother's engagement ring.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Kravitz and Channing Tatum ended their engagement in the fall of 2024, confirmed after Kravitz was photographed out and about without her diamond engagement ring.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The design features detailed scales and the brand’s signature orb motif clasped in the serpent’s jaws.—
Ty Gaskins,
WWD,
10 Jan. 2025
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Designed to be a serious chef’s kitchen, the space is outfitted with a BlueStar range, Waterworks plumbing fixtures, and plenty of light from In Common With orb pendants, Allied Maker orb flush mounts, and, for more precise culinary efforts, a Jieldé retractable sconce.—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Cirque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirque. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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