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Recent Examples of piper
Helping one family turned into helping hundreds, and along the way Biffle became something of a pied piper to other people who owned helicopters and wanted to help.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Dec. 2025
This year for Christmas, your presents can actually involve drummers drumming, pipers piping and ladies dancing.
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Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
26 Nov. 2025
The previous record holder was 333 pipers in Bulgaria back in 2012.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
12 Nov. 2025
There's no doubt that Pete's pursuers are prime to pay the power piper.
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Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Nov. 2025
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Dec. 2025
This year for Christmas, your presents can actually involve drummers drumming, pipers piping and ladies dancing.
—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
26 Nov. 2025
The previous record holder was 333 pipers in Bulgaria back in 2012.
—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
12 Nov. 2025
There's no doubt that Pete's pursuers are prime to pay the power piper.
—
Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piper
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Classic Americana events include yearly bathtub racing, a peach festival, and a fiddler's convention.
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The group was founded in 1986 by the now-legendary Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and his wife Sally Ashcraft, and now features more than 200 members.
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The director of music and organist says making music in the historic space is a thrill.
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Mihalka profiles several of baseball’s most prominent ballpark organists, including Gladys Goodding, who worked the keys and pedals for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1942 to 1957, and Nancy Faust, who was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970 to 2010.
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The headliners are The Breaks, a jazz/funk/roots super-trio of sorts featuring Galactic drummer Stanton Moore, Greyboy Allstars organist Robert Walter, and New Mastersounds guitarist Eddie Roberts.
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The head drummer of the colonial fife and drum band was a Black man in a Revolutionary War costume, his dreadlocks peeking from under a powdered wig.
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Lavers is riding with the same crew as the first go-around, which includes his partner McGrory, who sings under the alias Colle, and the violinist Zachary Paul.
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He is lured by the sound of music down a Montmartre street to Nicholas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), an old friend from his village who has grown up to be a talented violinist and rakish twink.
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Drones and water choreography, acrobats, and a floating pianist paired with over-the-top performances by Leona Lewis and opera singer Joseph Calleja transformed the night into a spectacle.
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The Fremont software engineer and entrepreneur has carved out a bustling career as a jazz pianist, a realm where children of the Great Depression share the bandstand with Gen Z teenagers.
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The Tony-winning Adams, who after Ernie’s death was married to photographer Martin Mills and trumpeter Pete Candoli, died in October 2008 at age 81.
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Pianist Lex Korten and trumpeter Adam O’Farrill open freely, crash landing into the suite with cold, brooding interplay as opposed to the straightforward funk vamp of Roach’s version.
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The flutist Denis Bouriakov and the bassoonist Whitney Crockett applied pinpoint dexterity to Paganini and Rossini, respectively.
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Also on the program was popular jazz pianist Danny Green, a fine pairing of flutist Elena Yarritu with pianist Cho-Hyun Park, and a cool duo of John Offerkuch on piano with Ian Harland on vibes.
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Playing bass in his place is Rob Jost, while harpist Mikaela Davis hops on a few tracks for levity, too.
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Now, local harpist and songwriter Calvin Arsenia is working to ensure that legacy continues.
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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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