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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirques
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026 -
The experiment caused a stir among economists and political scientists and people in finance and business circles.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The design, based on an official poster for the Games, depicts the Olympic rings and a golden statue of a muscular man crowned in laurels next to a chariot of horses atop Berlin’s Brandenburg Gates.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Taxpayers and the kids who rely on SNAP both deserve a system that works for them — not for fraud rings.—
John Deaton,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Cirques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirques. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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