thespian
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While he adjusted to life as a thespian pretty quickly, play-punching was a matter of not mixing messages for the former wrestling champion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Undeterred by this vote of no confidence, both actors decamped to New York where they shared a flat with another aspiring thespian, Robert Duvall.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
He used the tactics of a thespian – wild gesticulations, theatrical shifts in cadence – to animate into life the stakes of his subject matter.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2024
Is Timothée Chalamet a sensitive thespian or a swaggy hypebeast?
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023
To learn more you must ask your nearest thespian, but be sure to inquire about the “Scottish play” and under no circumstances say the title even if you do know what it is.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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