barker
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“Ultimately, we are trying to pay homage to the bus tour format, which is intrinsically ‘carny,’” Misraje said, likening himself to a carnival barker espousing aesthetic philosophy aboard an ever-changing “Ship of Theseus.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
McLuhan was seen as more of a carnival barker than a scholar, and people—clearly—didn’t heed his warnings about technology.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025
Lora Bothwell, the owner of a nearby day care, interjected in the style of a carnival barker.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
I mean, literally physically starving a lot of the time, and he learned to be a carnival barker, a stilt walker.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2023
He quit his normal watchdog duties—he’d always been a good barker if somebody drove up—and took to sitting in the yard, staring at the house.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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