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trapeze

[tra-peez, truh-] / træˈpiz, trə- /


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The agents booked them a trapeze class for early April.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

"I did flying trapeze, acrobatics, and I absolutely loved the performance element of it all," she said.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

When circus-goers witness acts like a triple somersault on the trapeze or spinning in a human hamster wheel without a harness, they see a fleeting moment that is said to have divine impact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Navigating this period as a journalist and sole parent feels like being a trapeze artist without a net—each day teetering on the edge of madness.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2024

The only difference was that his trapeze could only swing backwards and forwards.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

They swing from makeshift trapezes and zipline across Christmas trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024

Out of both necessity and the desire to preserve what they call the "Africanness" of their shows, Sencirk uses locally found materials to make its equipment, such as trapezes, safety mats and juggling balls.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2021

In this event, two-person teams, like the one described above, perform near-acrobatic feats on literal trapezes to zoom around a racecourse, almost like wind-powered NASCAR.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2021

The floor of Bunny Christie’s ostensibly naked green set cracks open to produce a crop of four-posters with plump pillows, mattresses and sheets that turn into trapezes.

From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2019

She went on to regale them with stories about circus life—hanging from trapezes, leaping through flaming hoops, getting shot from cannons—until gradually Sticky cheered up, and the matter of parents was dropped.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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