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banzai

[bahn-zahy, bahn-, bahn-dzah-ee] / bɑnˈzaɪ, ˈbɑn-, ˈbɑnˈdzɑ i /




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Days before I sat down for my conversation with John Lithgow, and purely by coincidence, I watched “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” for the first time in decades.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2024

“If you want to break our industry down really, really simply into one sentence, we get paid to take a beating,” said Banzai Vitale, veteran stunt professional who runs Stunt Performers Academy in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The story is part “Ghostbusters,” part “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

Olympic surfing team after 11-time world champion Kelly Slater lost in the semifinals of the World Surf League Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline on Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2019

I’d also received invitations to join four of the biggest gunter clans: the Oviraptors, Clan Destiny, the Key Masters, and Team Banzai.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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