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Recent Examples of cirque
The hike to the cirque and back to the trailhead is six miles.
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Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Throughout the run beneath the cirque of the Continental Divide, cruising up a gradual ascent towards a glacier-fed lake, my Overland Half Tight shorts remained comfortable.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside, 14 Aug. 2025
Ditch the giant Hula-Hoop in Vegas Even though Fremont Street’s pedestrian mall resembles a circus, the Las Vegas City Council does not permit such cirque contraptions as unicycles or Hula-Hoops wider than 4 feet.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
As the longest-running cirque holiday theatrical event, this annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an infusion of contemporary circus arts.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
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Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Throughout the run beneath the cirque of the Continental Divide, cruising up a gradual ascent towards a glacier-fed lake, my Overland Half Tight shorts remained comfortable.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside, 14 Aug. 2025
Ditch the giant Hula-Hoop in Vegas Even though Fremont Street’s pedestrian mall resembles a circus, the Las Vegas City Council does not permit such cirque contraptions as unicycles or Hula-Hoops wider than 4 feet.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
As the longest-running cirque holiday theatrical event, this annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around an infusion of contemporary circus arts.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirque
Noun
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Always a fightin’ word and guaranteed to set off defensive alarm bells in left-leaning circles — until the last five years.—
Bob Ehrlich,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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Scrape away leaves, twigs, and grass within a 10-foot diameter circle from a fire.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Good cops in this business tend to have more friends but fewer rings.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Several of the Dodgers players met with Cubs outfielder Michael Conforto prior to Friday’s game to give him his 2025 World Series championship ring.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Continue reading … SECRET CRACKED — NOAA identifies bizarre 'golden orb' found 2 miles deep on sea floor near Alaska.—
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FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The conundrum began in the summer of 2023, when NOAA personnel aboard the Okeanos Explorer sent a robot about two miles down to explore a small seamount and found the golden orb, which was about four inches in diameter, connected to a rock.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Cirque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirque. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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