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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

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

One particular ensemble captured the essence of the collection: a pearl trapeze silhouette garment with cushion-like embellishments.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

“And her mama and daddy was trapeze artists.”

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

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

Normal chairs with legs and backs act as trapezes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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