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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

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

As for Morgan Gibbs-White exaggerating the challenge, and flying through the air like a trapeze artist, he should be ashamed of himself.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024

You can also feel strong chemistry with someone after an exhilarating date, such as riding a roller coaster, watching a scary movie or taking a trapeze class, Chan says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

One night when the moon is extra bright, the trapeze calls to you.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

Gamboling in its clinical white galleries, life-size polar bears, smothered in Day-Glo plumage, play tag, dance, hang on trapezes, scratch itches, and generally introduce raucous joy to the hushed precinct.

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 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

Over the course of the three-hour show, BTS’ members were lifted on trapezes over the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2019

Normal chairs with legs and backs act as trapezes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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