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as in performers
an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements
a street festival featuring mummers in a pantomime
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as in actors
one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)
those moonstruck mummers on TV soap operas who have more hair than talent
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Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the film will finally unite the Avengers with several actors from Fox's X-Men films, which took place in a separate universe that will presumably crash into Disney's MCU.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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For some modern actors cast in projects set in the past, getting their face to match the era their film or series is set in can take a bit of doing—or un-doing.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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Instead, someone hands me a wooden pole with a piece of foam taped around one end and mimes poking the machine in its chest.—
James Vincent,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Earlier this week, the actresses shared a reel on Instagram revealing the January pick for Reese’s Book Club over a playful FaceTime call.—
Averi Baudler,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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While both emerged as leading actresses in the early 2010s and won Oscars at a young age, their nominations have often fallen in different years or categories.—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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Disney then filmed Kerry's movements, reactions, and pantomimes, complete with props but without any dialogue to work with, over the course of nine months.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Nov. 2025
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Trafalgar also has entities that produce pantomimes, distribute live event cinema and sell tickets in the West End.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Six Flags Magic Mountain will fill the summer, fall and winter seasons in 2026 with an entertaining mix of Superman and Harley Quinn, Oktoberfest beers and Bavarian pretzels, killer clowns and blood curdling screams and Santa Claus and faux snow.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
31 Dec. 2025
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There are articles about Frank Sinatra and Michael Jordan, royals and rock stars, cowboys and clowns.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Mummers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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