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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstormer
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These swans have been spotted by pilots at heights of up to 25,000 feet during their transcontinental migrations between Europe and Asia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025 -
Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Already bots are handling basic queries from customers, allowing human operators—often working with an AI copilot—to focus on trickier problems.—
Gary Rivlin,
Time,
4 June 2025
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The premise for the second season of his HBO series The Rehearsal is that poor communication between copilots and airplane captains leads to crashes.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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Amelia Earhart’s final flight Laurie Gwen Shapiro on the aviator and her publicity-mad husband.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The cost and the inspiration Carol, it should be noted, is a trouper.—
Neal Rubin,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Oct. 2024
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Even though his health was failing up and down through the last three or four tours, what a trouper.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2023
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Included among dozens of other characters are a submarine commander and his crew, a creepy coroner, a sweaty spy, an American flyboy, and even the soon-to-be spy novelist Ian Fleming.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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The charismatic flyboy of the sequel trilogy is a true rebel, even questioning commands from his boss, and a top-notch choice for attacking an oversized space station.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 July 2024
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Tony Awards: Hollywood A-listers brought the spotlight to Broadway, but stage thespians carried the day.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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And while some roles could just be for a key scene (Nolan loves to populate even the smallest of supporting roles with powerhouse thespians), sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Goth’s role may not even involve speaking at all.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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He’s been the ace of a minor-league staff and posted a 6.59 ERA the very next year.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Perez makes rare Open ace at Oakmont Victor Perez capped a nice second-day rally with a tournament highlight — the first U.S. Open ace at Oakmont since 1983.—
Apress,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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Others not in Flick’s plans for next season include former La Masia starlet Ansu Fati, young playmaker Pablo Torre, homegrown goalkeeper Inaki Pena and holding midfielder Oriol Romeu.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 June 2025
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Although the film is set in the early 1980s, one look at the trailer tells you that her character is an Old Hollywood starlet.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 June 2025
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“Barnstormer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstormer. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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