ballet
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Local farmers have also poured in to help, working shifts to oversee a ballet of tractors pulling in tankers of water from a nearby lake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Local farmers have also poured in to help battle the blaze, with a ballet of tractors pulling in tankers of water drawn from a nearby lake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: The stylish Mary Janes combine the elegance of a ballet flat with the comfort of a sneaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Deckers Outdoor, in May, said its Ugg Zora line — which has the fluffy interior an Ugg boot in roughly the shape of a ballet shoe — was proving appealing to customers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The ballet teacher reflected in the mirror clutched her throat as if Belet was about to launch herself at her.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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As a trained ballet dancer, I love structure, rules and the methodological algorithm of how story ballets go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
For the occasion, artistic director Susan Jaffe astutely chose 11 one-act ballets and four pas de deux.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
When you’re imagining what Balanchine would do, your mind is going to what his ballets were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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