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acrobat

[ak-ruh-bat] / ˈæk rəˌbæt /


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“It’s really fun to hear the audience react to this show,” says Serafina Walker, an actor and acrobat in the ensemble who also serves as circus captain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The sport isn’t the same without Carlos Alcaraz, its sunny, electric, endlessly scampering 23-year-old acrobat from Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

“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, aged in his 20s, fell while riding the "giant wheel of death" apparatus at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth on Wednesday evening.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

It is tall, almost as tall as the acrobat tent but narrower.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Magicians, jugglers, puppeteers and acrobats once made a living from crowds in public spaces.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now carrying the family’s torch is the fifth generation of tumbling acrobats skilled in the art of balance and flexibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

That word came up many times during the show’s first audition rounds as dancers, singers, magicians, acrobats and a contortionist took the stage.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

She especially loved the daring acrobats, and one in particular, a dark-eyed, ruddy- cheeked boy named Jacques-Paul.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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