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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.
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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
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
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For the past few years, much of the AI conversation has focused on chatbots, co-pilots and tools that generate text, images or code.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Gilbert, who was 10 years old when the pilot aired and 19 when the series wrapped, was often considered a standout of the cast.—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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The president’s instinct to go for the jugular was on display in his first campaign, when he was written off early on as an entertainer but found success with brutal takedowns.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Winter wants to be strong enough to perform by August 1 when friend and fellow drag entertainer Charity Kase comes to Kansas City.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
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Joule Studio is the software giant’s low-code/pro-code development environment for building, deploying, and managing custom AI agents and skills for Joule, SAP's enterprise AI copilot.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Morales had been rescued by Brothers to the Rescue four years earlier while attempting to cross the straits on a makeshift raft and later joined the group as a copilot.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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The writer and performer has a YouTube channel boasting more than a million subscribers.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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Melancholic and intimate, the performer (Haylee Nichele) silently guided me to become comfortable in my discomfort, to sit with the evening’s themes of longing, loss, confusion and impending grief.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Three years later, he was designated as a naval aviator.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2026
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The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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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
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Isom, like his predecessor Doug Parker, is not a showman like the flyboys of past generations.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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For now, the flyboy will be resting in the barracks.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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For two thespians playing characters whose friendship deepens across the season, the discipline served the storytelling.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Farris points out that the mandate of finding lower-profile actors doesn’t apply to just younger thespians.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Barnstormer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstormer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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