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cirque

[surk] / sɜrk /




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The lake itself sits in a graceful cirque.

From Seattle Times

Absinthe Intimate, off-color show mixes cirque acts with burlesque, comedy, etc.

From Los Angeles Times

Every age sits in the trough of transition. washed away by the current of change into unknown future, yet shaped by the cirque revealed by past glaciation.

From New York Times

“That was really where I found my true heart for dance — everything from modern and jazz to African and cirque.”

From New York Times

Ramon Crater is a geological misnomer: “Technically, it is not a crater but an erosion cirque,” said Adam.

From The Wall Street Journal