stilt
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The National Endowment for the Arts had a couple of stilt dancers from New Orleans.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 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
A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England's prehistoric fenlanders.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
“Stay stilt grunted the dwarf, grabbing hold of Harry’s bag and pulling him back. “Let me go!”
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
While Major League Baseball has been sweating over pitch clocks, ghost runners and the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, the Savannah Bananas have been juggling, dancing, cartwheeling along the baselines and running to first on stilts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 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 Jetsons live in the sky above Earth, on houses built on tall stilts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
On the opposite side, a ramshackle cabin hovered over the water on wooden stilts.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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