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Recent Examples of barnstorm
New Mexico barnstormed all over the Rose Bowl grass, bullying UCLA for 298 rushing yards – to equal the success of Utah and UNLV.
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Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 13 Sep. 2025
Since early August, Vance has barnstormed across key battlegrounds, including Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, in an effort to shore up vulnerable Republicans and pressure Democratic incumbents.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Donato and his Cosmic Country ensemble have been barnstorming America, ascending from small clubs to mid-level theaters with a heady blend of country and psychedelic rock.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Over the next four decades, GameDay evolved into a traveling paragon of sports television, barnstorming its way across college campuses each week, with Corso serving as master of ceremonies.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 13 Sep. 2025
Since early August, Vance has barnstormed across key battlegrounds, including Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, in an effort to shore up vulnerable Republicans and pressure Democratic incumbents.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Donato and his Cosmic Country ensemble have been barnstorming America, ascending from small clubs to mid-level theaters with a heady blend of country and psychedelic rock.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Over the next four decades, GameDay evolved into a traveling paragon of sports television, barnstorming its way across college campuses each week, with Corso serving as master of ceremonies.
—Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstorm
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That includes a ban on masks worn by deportation officers, an end to roving patrols of officers looking for immigrants and a requirement that officers use warrants signed by a judge to enter a person's house.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Of course, there will also be seafood dishes for purchase at food trucks, stations and kiosks, plus a kids’ zone, roving characters and vendors.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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Or for the suggestion that Chinese intelligence operatives were roaming near sensitive sites with impunity.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Elephants, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas and warthogs — all roaming free just a stone’s throw from our dusty 4×4 in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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InSo, a new Southeast Asian fusion restaurant with a hopping nightlife, has burst onto the vibrant Las Colinas scene.—
Zacharia Washington,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the 46-year-old Los Angeles resident organized a vigil Tuesday night at a local park, where the photos of slain protesters were displayed and dozens of Iranian Americans lit candles and took turns hopping over tea lights in a version of a fire-jumping tradition known as Chaharshanbe Suri.—
AMY TAXIN,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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His resume also includes finding a patient with dementia who wandered away from a care facility and tracking down a bank robbery suspect.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In New York City alone, perfume lovers can wander into beloved destinations like Scent Bar or Aedes Perfumery to explore shelves of hard-to-find bottles.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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Founded in 1932 as a street fair, Festival of Nations became a tradition, both for the students bused in on field trips and for the general public.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
11 Mar. 2026
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With the airspace closed, the only remotely viable solution would be to bus the players out of Iraq, but Arnold says that’s a non-starter.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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Recent videos depict him chewing a toy bear and another bloodhound, Lorace, gallivanting in new boots.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The hotel seems to lend itself less to the idea of gallivanting around, but more to hunkering down and getting cosy.—
Felicity Capon,
TheWeek,
19 Feb. 2026
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The move breaks a record previously held by Coldplay for most shows in a calendar year; the British group achieved a 10 show stand back in 2024 for the band’s Music of the Spheres jaunt.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026
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The pig slobbers mud on my right leg as Grace jaunts away.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
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In 2020 with the start of the coronavirus pandemic, North Korea banned tourists, jetted out diplomats and severely curtailed border traffic in one of the world’s most draconian COVID-19 restrictions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have jetted in to watch Wrexham’s FA Cup fifth round glamour tie against Premier League team Chelsea.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Barnstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstorm. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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