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ballet

[ba-ley, bal-ey] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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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

“There’s a lot of appeal to younger consumers in a style that is still fairly fresh to them, because maybe they weren’t shopping when ballet flats were last popular,” she said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

“We paid for the entire year of ballet classes back in the fall,” Mom explains.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

The lengthier Met calendar offers multiact, narrative productions that focus on the troupe’s theater aspect, such as this year’s scheduled June-to-July season of four narrative ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

When you’re imagining what Balanchine would do, your mind is going to what his ballets were.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

If you go back to the 15th and 16th centuries, ballets were like a party, like combining the Met Gala with a high school prom and a giant party — that’s what it was.

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

Lincoln Center was home to world-famous operas and ballets.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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