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Recent Examples of busker
Meanwhile, buskers entertain people in line playing drums with buckets.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
But the overall effect was to remind the audience that Bieber started out as a busker on the streets of Ontario.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2026
Or, not unlike other major cities’ subway systems, what if there were buskers playing music in the skyways or more ambitious public art installations, Hanley asks.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
But the overall effect was to remind the audience that Bieber started out as a busker on the streets of Ontario.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2026
Or, not unlike other major cities’ subway systems, what if there were buskers playing music in the skyways or more ambitious public art installations, Hanley asks.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for busker
Noun
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Kinski played Mignon, a mute acrobat and street performer, in the film.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Microdrama performer Sam Myerson will narrate the series.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 June 2026
Noun
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This energetic entertainer is also efficient, practical, and a man of variety, who just as easily whips up pancakes, bacon, and breakfast hash as fajitas, hibachi-style fried rice, and smash burgers without sweating a bead.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Singer/entertainer Josephine Baker (1906) and poet Allen Ginsberg (1926) were born on June 3.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Noun
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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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“Busker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busker. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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