tightrope walker
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A tightrope walker who will perform high above the crowds at the Principality Stadium has said it is an "honour" to help Take That transform the venue into a giant circus.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
His first series, “Jultagi,” used the Korean tightrope walker as a metaphor for the immigrant experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
House of Representatives, their party leader Kevin McCarthy is hoping to land one job he has long coveted - speaker of the House - but may get another tough one as well - tightrope walker.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2022
Graham Greene is deemed a “brilliant tightrope walker edging between God and his grubby little creatures” but nonetheless compares unfavorably to Isaac Bashevis Singer.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
This next act was a tightrope walker, named Monsieur Duval.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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