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acrobat

[ak-ruh-bat] / ˈæk rəˌbæt /


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Everyone on stage mesmerizes, yet Christopher Nell as The Boy, a barrel of laughs and an acrobat, nonetheless steals the show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“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

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

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

On this day in 1859, the French acrobat Charles Blondin tightrope-walked across the Niagara Gorge, 160 feet above water.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

She was even a surprise to Eril-Fane, who’d gone to Syriza seeking a builder, not an acrobat.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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