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The biopic tells the story of French artist Philippe Petit's unauthorized high-wire walk between New York City's Twin Towers in 1974, and Gordon-Levitt was lucky enough to learn from the risk-taker himself.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Part of the high-wire act of such books is that the authors and their publishers work at unaccustomed speed to provide the end product with a history-as-it-is-happening varnish.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 June 2026
Sydney Sweeney deserves something for all of the high-wire psychosexual chaos Sam Levinson put her through on Euphoria.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
That tonal high-wire act extended throughout the series beyond the music and into the work of the entire post-production sound team.
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Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
Part of the high-wire act of such books is that the authors and their publishers work at unaccustomed speed to provide the end product with a history-as-it-is-happening varnish.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 June 2026
Sydney Sweeney deserves something for all of the high-wire psychosexual chaos Sam Levinson put her through on Euphoria.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
That tonal high-wire act extended throughout the series beyond the music and into the work of the entire post-production sound team.
—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for high-wire
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“High-wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-wire. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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