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tightrope walking

  • a word derived from tightrope walker.
    tightrope walker
    noun
    an acrobat who performs on a tightrope

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But the public discussion has involved some rhetorical tightrope walking.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2022

Contemporary circus performers Cirque Bijou showed off their tightrope walking skills.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2021

So what’s with all the indirection and artful circumlocution and what-the-meaning-of-is-is tightrope walking?

From Salon ● May 30, 2019

But adhering to her advice can involve some tightrope walking.

From Forbes ● Nov. 20, 2013

There were washed out trails where the ride would be in the nature of tightrope walking.

From The Code of the Mountains by Charles Neville Buck

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