barnstormer

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Recent Examples of barnstormer While a new generation of young singer-songwriters encroaches on country music’s old guard by the day, the Texas barnstormer has found his footing with a fan base hell-bent on capturing every moment Myers affords them. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstormer
Noun
  • In late August 2025, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, pilot Kirt Stallings sat suited up and ready to go inside a transport vehicle, mere moments from boarding NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Air Line Pilots Association, the largest airline pilot’s union in the world, applauded the decision.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shaun rose to fame in the late 1970s to early 1980s as both a teen idol and entertainer.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Cage's Rayford Steele, for example, was played by God's Not Dead star and conservative entertainer Kevin Sorbo.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That system then employs copilots and agentic AI to handle myriad tasks inside an organization.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 19 Sep. 2025
  • With the help of AI copilots and decision-support systems, people with fewer qualifications or experience could take on some of the work currently performed by more skilled and experienced professionals.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its approach to comedy is ripped straight from the world of musical cast parties and improv shows, with every performer doing their best to turn every line into a GIF-able burst of wholesome self-deprecation.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Taylor Alison Swift, noted numerologist and superstar performer, has taken a break from sourdough to bake up a new album, out now.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Running in parallel to the storylines of Piccard and Jones is the global race of the time where many prominent figures, from accomplished aviators to billionaire Richard Branson, were trying to become the first around-the-globe balloonists.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Channeling a fresh-off-the-Vespa vibe, aviator frames were rife in Milan.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The pair have been good, loyal troupers while the S.S. Monfort caught fire, then sank.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 June 2025
  • The cost and the inspiration Carol, it should be noted, is a trouper.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Included among dozens of other characters are a submarine commander and his crew, a creepy coroner, a sweaty spy, an American flyboy, and even the soon-to-be spy novelist Ian Fleming.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The charismatic flyboy of the sequel trilogy is a true rebel, even questioning commands from his boss, and a top-notch choice for attacking an oversized space station.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
Noun
  • Details: Dizzy’s Den, 5 p.m. Sept. 28 Since emerging on the jazz scene as a late-blooming talent at the turn of the century, René Marie has carved out a singular niche as a chance-taking improviser who inhabits the stage with the skill of a master thespian.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At the end of Season 2, Broadway thespian Ben Glenroy was poisoned by stage producer Donna DiMeo — then revived just long enough for her son, Cliff, to shove him down an elevator shaft in Season 3.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Barnstormer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstormer. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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