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acrobat

[ak-ruh-bat] / ˈæk rəˌbæt /


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“They used me as a model in their diving program,” says Louganis, who trained as an acrobat and dancer as a child before moving to diving.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

But the first visitor it recorded was dangling from its hind legs like a Squirrel du Soleil acrobat feasting on the bird seed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2024

The acrobat, in his 20s, fell while riding the "wheel of death" apparatus at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Valentina Strelkova, her married name, remembers her brother as a skinny, agile, fearless child — a potential circus acrobat.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2023

When we played soccer in the yard, the babushkas would suck their teeth, because Ali Shekari was a high-flying acrobat with the ball.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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