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Despite the marquee openings, launching a successful eatery in 2025 remained a high-wire act.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
In this thrilling one-woman production of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror, the Succession star fearlessly executed a theatrical high-wire act, cycling through every character in the story with razor-sharp precision and breathtaking balance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
And each canvas is a high-wire act of painting — with difficult feats of illusion exquisitely rendered, stroke by stroke.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The nominee will face a high-wire act of placating the president (who wants steep interest rate cuts) while keeping the trust of investors worried about high inflation and political influence on the central bank.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025
In this thrilling one-woman production of Oscar Wilde’s gothic horror, the Succession star fearlessly executed a theatrical high-wire act, cycling through every character in the story with razor-sharp precision and breathtaking balance.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
And each canvas is a high-wire act of painting — with difficult feats of illusion exquisitely rendered, stroke by stroke.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
The nominee will face a high-wire act of placating the president (who wants steep interest rate cuts) while keeping the trust of investors worried about high inflation and political influence on the central bank.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 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 7 Jan. 2026.
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