barnstormer

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Recent Examples of barnstormer Blakeney marveled later that no play existed about Coleman, who earned her international pilots license two years before Earhart, and went on to become a popular barnstormer. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2025 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
  • While no pilots were seriously injured, the incident is renewing debate over why the Pentagon risks multimillion-dollar warplanes — and their crews — for entertainment.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • The showrunners took the pitch to their partners at NBC, nabbed a pilot order and started assembling the rest of the cast.
    Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • The Crunchyroll Anime Awards will take place on May 23, hosted by entertainer Jon Kabira and voice actress Sally Amaki.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • And that is not even touching on all the unsettling racial humor that came with having Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchliffe — two comedians who have actually faced backlash for hate speech — on the dais for the roast of a Black entertainer.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • After achieving 30% adoption for a coding copilot that was rolled out by HubSpot, Lennox and his team shared incident data that showed engineers that the work being done by teams using that tool wasn’t negatively affecting reliability versus those that weren’t.
    John Kell, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • Sylvia, my copilot, snores softly.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Malek, with an insular and crestfallen moodiness, plays Jimmy as a man caught between liberation and AIDS, between wanting to be a breakout performer and waiting to stay true to his subversive drag soul.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • The Super Bowl halftime show performer also rocked a cane to add some swagger to his ensemble.
    Swasti Singhai, USA Today, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Lopez accessorized the red dress with an equally red Chanel mini handbag, a large gold cuff bracelet, her now trademark aviator shades, and nude mule sandals.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 11 May 2026
  • These blackouts occur when intense X-ray and ultraviolet radiation from solar flares ionize Earth's upper atmosphere, interfering with high-frequency radio signals used by aviators, mariners and amateur radio operators.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Above, she's pictured with Second City troupers Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and long-time collaborator, Eugene Levy, at a 10 year reunion for the sketch show's Canadian debut.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Honey, played by Buddy Dalton, is a trouper—an older pooch unfazed by the lights and audience.
    Mary Damiano, Miami Herald, 2 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Isom, like his predecessor Doug Parker, is not a showman like the flyboys of past generations.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For now, the flyboy will be resting in the barracks.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For a pioneering English thespian, whose career has been largely defined by a character consumed with obsession, this particular project carries an unintended symbolism.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • After word gets out that Frank Capra plans to see a matinee performance, a series of comedic twists and turns determines the fate of whether the two thespians achieve their acting ambitions.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

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“Barnstormer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstormer. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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