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For now Williams will remain a high-wire act who may or not be in there for save chances the next few times that situation arises for the Yankees, who may get two saves chances Sunday.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Coming off of the period-pristine high-wire act that was the Emmy-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino was looking forward to a lower degree of difficulty with the contemporary-era Étoile, her new eight-episode Amazon ballet dramedy dropping Thursday.
—Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
As for his own future — the high-wire act that is modern-day movie-execing — De Luca doesn’t flinch.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Writing it, one senses, was a high-wire act over an abyss of pain, agitation, uncertainty, and the dread of being ignored or misunderstood.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Coming off of the period-pristine high-wire act that was the Emmy-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amy Sherman-Palladino was looking forward to a lower degree of difficulty with the contemporary-era Étoile, her new eight-episode Amazon ballet dramedy dropping Thursday.
—Michael Ausiello, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
As for his own future — the high-wire act that is modern-day movie-execing — De Luca doesn’t flinch.
—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Writing it, one senses, was a high-wire act over an abyss of pain, agitation, uncertainty, and the dread of being ignored or misunderstood.
—Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high-wire
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“High-wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-wire. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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