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cameo

[kam-ee-oh] / ˈkæm iˌoʊ /




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On her Middle of Nowhere tour, Kacey Musgraves turns arenas into irreverent dance halls, from a Ronnie Dunn drag-king cameo to floating above crowds in disco-ball Truck Nutz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Jonathan Burton was a clarion Malcolm, Duncan’s eldest son and heir; soprano Jazmine Saunders had an eerie, offstage cameo as the apparition of the Bloody Child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He was unexpectedly handed his debut in the warm-up game against New Zealand, impressing in a second-half cameo.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The cat made a surprise cameo along with the mega pop star in a pre-recorded segment about the likelihood of Swift appearing at the Emmys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The tattlers and newspapers had released cameo portraits of the queen's sisters and their newborns.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Jolly now appears on Muse billboards in New York and San Francisco, and makes cameos in Muse TV commercials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

And just as there are occasional celebrity cameos at a Trump rally, there was one at the midterm convention, where early-aughts comic Adam Carolla did a routine.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

She made show-stopping cameos in the “Sex and the City” spinoff “And Just Like That. . .,”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Kelly’s two children, who are now 20 and 22, make cameos in “Too Many Cooks” as part of a video grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The promenades boast animated cameos and portraits of famed courtiers that wink and wave as we pass.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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