stilt
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As we neared the lagoon, a black-winged stilt flew alongside the car, trailing its legs behind it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
This year's carnival featured musical performances, bedazzled horses, huge dragons and dancing stilt walkers.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
“I went to them and said, ‘Hey, can we have one of those stilt walkers?’” says Slash, referring to the larger-than-life lurkers who haunt guests during the festivities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
"Conducting research on Must Farm is a bit like getting an estate agent's tour of a Bronze Age stilt house," said David Gibson, report co-author and Archaeological Manager at CAU.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
They dodged acrobats and a stilt walker and a harp player.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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At his Pecan Island home, on raised stilts on 7 acres of land, Miller produced a printed-out list of pro-aerospace bills that Landry recently signed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
In others, like the one in which Estevez lives, the balconies and upper floors are propped up by wooden stilts.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Choreographed dances, acrobatic tricks, a pitcher on stilts and other antics keep the entertainment flowing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The Mother Ginger sequence, which usually finds young dancers emerging from the giant skirt of a dancer on stilts, is completely reimagined here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
Razi looked at the sea, and the stilts in the water.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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