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acrobat

[ak-ruh-bat] / ˈæk rəˌbæt /


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The sport isn’t the same without Carlos Alcaraz, its sunny, electric, endlessly scampering 23-year-old acrobat from Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

As Fever guard Sydney Colson live-streamed the players’ locker room celebration, Clark leaned in front of the camera and wished the injured acrobat well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

For mum Kelly, it's her job as a circus acrobat.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025

“They used me as a model in their diving program,” says Louganis, who trained as an acrobat and dancer as a child before moving to diving.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

At the top of the ladder, Mr Tibbs, balancing like an acrobat, poured the BFG’s coffee and placed the enormous plate before him.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

The show — about a traveling circus — boasts an ensemble with as many acrobats as actors, all of whom must warm up prior to performing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

That word came up many times during the show’s first audition rounds as dancers, singers, magicians, acrobats and a contortionist took the stage.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

The monarchs met farmers, artists, acrobats and sea shanty singers during the visit, as well as Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn, First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025

Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

Charlie and Zooey couldn’t stop touching each other, and Mom spent nearly every minute in the kitchen, making trays of hors d’oeuvres a troupe of traveling acrobats couldn’t have finished.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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