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Recent Examples of barnstorm
Unlike previous election cycles, where Trump barnstormed the states with the hottest races and stumped for the Republicans, Trump didn't hold any in-person campaign events for either state's gubernatorial contender—Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears or New Jersey’s Jack Ciattarelli.
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Brian Bennett, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
The Savannah Bananas released their 2026 schedule on Thursday — a 75-stadium, 45-state tour that takes the barnstorming baseball show back to Coors Field on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
New Mexico barnstormed all over the Rose Bowl grass, bullying UCLA for 298 rushing yards – to equal the success of Utah and UNLV.
—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
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Brian Bennett, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
The Savannah Bananas released their 2026 schedule on Thursday — a 75-stadium, 45-state tour that takes the barnstorming baseball show back to Coors Field on Aug. 14 and Aug. 15.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2025
New Mexico barnstormed all over the Rose Bowl grass, bullying UCLA for 298 rushing yards – to equal the success of Utah and UNLV.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstorm
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Not because of the roving packs of teenagers or even the garish displays of overconsumption, but because mall architecture was high art.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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In that 2024 series, the Wolves used Rudy Gobert as a roving rim protector while ignoring Aaron Gordon in the corner.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2026
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Neanderthals mostly lived in Europe, while more recent additions to the family, the Denisovans, roamed Asia.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Soon, Norton Tire outfitted most of the 20,000 cars that roamed the young city’s streets by the early 1930s.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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After his 2022 bankruptcy petition was approved, Gurliacci rejoined the work force, hopping to six Georgia law enforcement agencies within three years, each time resigning before moving on, records obtained by AP show.—
Ryan J. Foley,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Around the same time Shapiro was hopping the fence in Southern California, Doris Elaine Severtson in Washington state, similarly barred from her high school’s track, was training on the beaches and woods along the Puget Sound.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Reynolds was dressed in a safari hat, as if prepared to wrangle any animal that happened to wander in off the Santa Monica Freeway.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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While the other males in the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve’s Kea group spend lots of time squabbling and making threat displays, Bruce is free to wander the aviary and monopolize feeding stations and prime perches, the study reports.—
Elizabeth Anne Brown,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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People bus in from surrounding neighborhoods and towns.—
Alexis Marshall,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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Under Cooper’s proposal, visitors would be bused from a parking lot in Bannockburn to the Highland Park Park District’s Heller Nature Center, which is immediately to the north of the former Jordan property.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
31 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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There’s also The Italian Restaurant located within the 6,100-square-foot entertainment complex that serves classic Italian comfort dishes (during idle times while dining, kids can feel free to jaunt toward the arcade for a round of air hockey before the plate of rigatoni is served).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 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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Sean Gallup / Getty Images Vice President JD Vance jetted to Hungary in an eleventh-hour attempt to keep his poll-flagging ally in power.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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For those of us who cannot jet off to an island, filling the time in a way that keeps the kids happy often seems to wear down parents.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Barnstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstorm. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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