trapeze
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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
The telltale flutter of trying a new trapeze skill stirs within you.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
They swing from makeshift trapezes and zipline across Christmas trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2024
His final production for the RSC, in 1970, was a memorable, airborne version of A Midsummer Night's Dream using trapezes and stilts.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
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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