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Recent Examples of cirque
The atrium of the former jail will host top DJs for dancing, while live aerialists and cirque performances by the Boston Circus Guild dazzle across all levels of the hotel.
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Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Of the three backcountry ponds, Upper Blue Lake is the most scenic, with a granite cirque forming the pool’s backdrop.
—Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2024
Their website describes the show as a 75-minute story about a family of moonshiners that combines cirque acts and adults-only comedy.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 June 2024
Big Sky is famous for its size, its extreme terrain, and its long, steep cirques high above the tree line.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Of the three backcountry ponds, Upper Blue Lake is the most scenic, with a granite cirque forming the pool’s backdrop.
—Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2024
Their website describes the show as a 75-minute story about a family of moonshiners that combines cirque acts and adults-only comedy.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 June 2024
Big Sky is famous for its size, its extreme terrain, and its long, steep cirques high above the tree line.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirque
Noun
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The keynote speech was by William Makis, a litigious COVID conspiracist who, after losing his medical license in 2019, has made a living treating cancer patients with antiparasitic drugs including ivermectin, which was also championed in some circles as a COVID treatment during the pandemic.—
Arthur Allen,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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With her hair parted down the middle, Gerber donned tight waves; the circles falling inward over her shoulders.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Bells ring, campuses crowd and intramural pamphlets pile up.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Choose from traditional Thanksgiving entrees such as roast turkey ($29) with giblet dressing, broiled ham steak ($29) with pineapple ring, half Muscovy duckling ($31) with applesauce, or broasted chicken ($29) with cranberry sauce.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Instead of stacks of money or safety deposit boxes, there are cameras, lights and screens fastened together to create two giant orbs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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An hour into the bush and a dung beetle had already pushed its namesake orb across our path.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Cirque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirque. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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