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Recent Examples of cirque
Of the three backcountry ponds, Upper Blue Lake is the most scenic, with a granite cirque forming the pool’s backdrop.
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Outside Online, 9 Aug. 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
In its early years, it was located smack in the middle of the grounds, a beaconing festival-goers with beats, cirque performances and the all-important misters.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Based on Sara Green’s 2006 bestseller, the show premiered last year at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre and elevates the musical to new and literal heights with its seamless integration of theatrical and cirque artistry.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
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Outside Online, 9 Aug. 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
In its early years, it was located smack in the middle of the grounds, a beaconing festival-goers with beats, cirque performances and the all-important misters.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Based on Sara Green’s 2006 bestseller, the show premiered last year at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre and elevates the musical to new and literal heights with its seamless integration of theatrical and cirque artistry.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirque
Noun
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That belief anchors her Wealth Mandala, a Sanskrit word for circle.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Only time—and maybe another sister circle—will tell.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Tucker, who won a championship with the Bucks in 2021, is one of two players with championship rings on the Knicks roster, with OG Anunoby (Raptors, 2019) the other. NUMBER 6.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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During the final episodes, her past comes back to haunt her when her twin brother, Leon (Nick Creegan), gets mixed up in a violent carjacking ring wreaking havoc on the city.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Images from the satellite sent back to Earth first show the sun in its entirety, before a large dark orb—the moon—passes by, blocking almost a quarter of the star from view.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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The lamplights still smiled like yellow orbs, and the cold bit just enough to feel on their cheeks, but the dusting of snow had sucked away all the usual exhaust and smoke.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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“Cirque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirque. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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