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acrobat

[ak-ruh-bat] / ˈæk rəˌbæt /


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As Fever guard Sydney Colson live-streamed the players’ locker room celebration, Clark leaned in front of the camera and wished the injured acrobat well.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

“They used me as a model in their diving program,” says Louganis, who trained as an acrobat and dancer as a child before moving to diving.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

The acrobat, in his 20s, fell while riding the "wheel of death" apparatus at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

On this day in 1859, the French acrobat Charles Blondin tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge, 160 feet above water.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

A flame, seemingly detached, swung like an acrobat and licked up the palm heads on the platfonn.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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