pantomime
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And now, it’s coming after the pantomime chuggers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Thanks to skirmishes with Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup, Pollock has pantomime villain status in the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Christopher Luscombe’s production of “The Magic Flute” wittily transformed Mozart’s Singspiel into a British pantomime, a closely related theatrical tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
For Lancashire Police Det Ch Insp Andy Fallows, who was the senior investigating officer on the case, Varley's behaviour in hospital was "almost like a pantomime".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
They stare forward at all times, a pantomime of paying perfect attention.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Kingsley pantomimes resisting repeated entreaties amid the cacophony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
In pantomimes, the audience boos the villain and cheers the hero; in parliament, political leaders are cast in these roles with MPs jeering.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
His characters may be confined by their circumstances but their imaginations are set free in theatrical games, pantomimes and nostalgic reveries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
He said they had performed together in pantomimes and at charity functions, and they last met for lunch in 2024.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025
She pantomimes gardening gestures at me and taps her index finger on an imaginary watch.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
First, there’s a pantomimed back story: During the overture, actors depicting the lovers as young teens flirt and are discouraged by adults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Meyers, hearing her teammate talk that talk, snapped her fingers and pantomimed a mic drop.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
Cummings pantomimed the feeling of menstrual cramps and clutched her stomach in agony in one of the first explorations of menstruation and repetition through time-based art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
One of the pub’s patron’s, George Parrin, 77, pantomimed a heart attack when the voices soared.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
Owen turned to George with big eyes and pantomimed chewing and clawing, and George immediately understood.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was then Iran’s foreign minister, would sometimes retreat to the back of the room during the nuclear talks and put his head in his hands, pantomiming despair.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
You may find yourself pantomiming with one of your feet to your children in the persona of “Mr. Stinkyfoot,” a somewhat boorish Frenchman who espouses the importance of cleanliness and the needs for a bath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
In most films, the background actors are pantomiming.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
After the Heat called a timeout, a courtside fan near the Celtics’ bench could be seen pantomiming fanning White on the sideline.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
She pressed her hands against her own head and moved them outward, pantomiming an explosion.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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