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Melissa Paterson, 26, spotted the tightrope-walking rodent in her Norfolk garden early one July morning.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2021

A few feet away, tucked in a drawer, is the watch Karl Wallenda was wearing when he died in 1978 during a tightrope-walking performance in Puerto Rico.

From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2017

In 2008, he was featured in The New York Times for highlining, essentially extreme tightrope-walking between cliffs.

From New York Times • May 17, 2015

A tightrope-walking blade juggler took a respectful break behind him, straddling and listening, as Feinberg laid out the manifesto.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2014

“Well, ma’am, I’d like to fill out an application,” I said, tightrope-walking between being determined and perhaps seeming impudent.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson