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Recent Examples of piper
Helping one family turned into helping hundreds, and along the way Biffle became something of a pied piper to other people who owned helicopters and wanted to help.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
This year for Christmas, your presents can actually involve drummers drumming, pipers piping and ladies dancing.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025
And, in Edinburgh, the especially brave get the chance to play bagpipes with Scotland’s national piper, Louise Marshall, who has entertained queens, popes, and celebrities.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
It was preceded on departure from Kensington Palace by a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards, for which Katharine had been the Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
This year for Christmas, your presents can actually involve drummers drumming, pipers piping and ladies dancing.
—Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 26 Nov. 2025
And, in Edinburgh, the especially brave get the chance to play bagpipes with Scotland’s national piper, Louise Marshall, who has entertained queens, popes, and celebrities.
—Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
It was preceded on departure from Kensington Palace by a piper from the Royal Dragoon Guards, for which Katharine had been the Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piper
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Taylor resumed his music career in 1995 and launched an independent label, Train Wreck Records, in 2007, intimate, Americana tunes with the likes of singer-violinist Carrie Rodriguez, guitarist John Platania, bassist Tony Mercadante and singer-fiddler Kendel Carson.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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The fierce and feet-pounding new cast includes four-time World Champion Irish dancer Keeva Corry and Australia’s competitive Irish dancers and brothers Will and Kieran Bryant, along with Will’s girlfriend, fiddler Haley Richardson.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Alongside organist Ståle Storløkken and drummer Ole Mofjell, the Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns (the third word a slang term for Norwegians) form a groove that teeters toward explosiveness without ever reaching it.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hall, an organist and pianist at her local Baptist church, wrote a song for the ceremony.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Alongside organist Ståle Storløkken and drummer Ole Mofjell, the Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns (the third word a slang term for Norwegians) form a groove that teeters toward explosiveness without ever reaching it.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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But his biggest moment of mainstream exposure came in 1998 with the blockbuster success of the Farrelly brothers comedy There’s Something About Mary, which featured Richman and his trusty drummer Tommy Larkins as the film’s recurring Greek chorus, commenting on the plot in song.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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Camilia is a violinist with Mariachi Bravo, an elementary school mariachi band from Waukegan Community Unit School District 60.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Singaporean violinist Joy Yong recorded the lead violin parts.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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And on select nights, a pianist will perform on a bar’s new grand piano.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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That includes here the fabulous jazz pianist and conductor Adrian Galante, a breakout young Australian equally as adept on the clarinet and an ebullient specialist in this genre of music.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Kermit Ruffins pays tribute to Louis Armstrong By far the most exciting performance scheduled at Jazz Fest’s Economy Hall Tent features one of the Crescent City’s greatest living trumpeters saluting the most important trumpeter in New Orleans history.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
21 Apr. 2026
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What should be a straightforward day of music grinds to a halt as the artists struggle to deal with personality clashes, an ambitious trumpeter named Levee (Boseman), and the band's mercurial frontwoman.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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Monette Marino, guitarist Joe Amato, bassist Harley Magsino, drummer Mike Holguin and saxophonist, flutist and harmonica player Tripp Sprague.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Carolyn Brown, the orchestra’s principal flutist, will perform excerpts and participate in the Q&A session.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2026
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Tiu, a Southern California harpist who has graced stages from Seattle to Savannah, recently served as Visiting Principal Harp of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Scottish harpist Maeve Gilchrist, American violinist Mazz Swift and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu make up the ensemble’s texturally acute international string section.—
Andrew Gilbert,
San Francisco Chronicle,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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