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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cirques
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026 -
The experiment caused a stir among economists and political scientists and people in finance and business circles.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Advertisement While most skaters run through their short and free programs every day, skating them at your home rink during training sessions isn’t quite the same as competing under high pressure and high expectations, and the Olympic rings.—
Alice Park,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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For the Los Angeles world premiere, Robbie wore special rings (designed by CeCe Fein-Hughes) with Elordi, and the pair then did an interview about them in British Vogue.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
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The paved trail also includes an underpass that opens up to a cascade of glowing orbs, which will illuminate the path at night.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Even the baby's bedroom got a birthday makeover; a final slide included in a roundup of party photos shows silver balloons spelling out her name and more pink, orange and white orbs floating up to the ceiling.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
28 Nov. 2025
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“Cirques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cirques. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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