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tread the boards



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At 83, he is eager to tread the boards once again — and to continue working as steadily as he has for the last six decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Baywatch and Nightrider star David Hasselfhoff will tread the boards and take to the sky in one of this year's biggest pantomimes.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2015

She handed me her new album, autographed 'To Richard, thou shalt tread the boards.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2012

Miller, 29, is the latest British film star to tread the boards in the West End.

From Reuters • Jan. 21, 2011

Under Almayer’s heavy tread the boards of the verandah creaked loudly. 

From Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river by Conrad, Joseph




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