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Recent Examples of busker
The cast of first-time actors includes buskers and musicians Davis scouted on Instagram and TikTok: Mike Young, Chris Smither, Will Harrington, Judah Kelly, Matthew Corcoran, Hutch, and Tio Rigo & Mr. George.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2026
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, buskers entertain people in line playing drums with buckets.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for busker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for busker
Noun
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Last week, Wilkins was named as being a performer at a Freedom 250 event to be held in Belgium June 28, opening for the Zac Brown Band.
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Her collection preserves not only the traces of a public life, but evidence of a performer who refused to separate politics from performance and performance from ephemerality.
Noun
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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.
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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.
Noun
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The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.
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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.
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“Busker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/busker. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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