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Recent Examples of barnstorm
After being awarded the Medal of Honor, O’Hare was brought home by the Navy to barnstorm on a Lindbergh-style celebrity tour.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
For decades after the first eight planets were barnstormed, orbited, and landed upon by spacecraft from Earth, Pluto remained the only one of the solar system’s major worlds that never received a visit—a slight that was not rectified until the New Horizons spacecraft flew by it in 2015.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The get-back with Sivan will extend Brat Summer into 2025 after the dynamic duo barnstormed arenas in North America on the 22-city fall Sweat Tour, as well as giving European audiences their first look at the Sweat aesthetic.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have barnstormed the states, making their final pitches to crucial voters that could put them in the White House.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
For decades after the first eight planets were barnstormed, orbited, and landed upon by spacecraft from Earth, Pluto remained the only one of the solar system’s major worlds that never received a visit—a slight that was not rectified until the New Horizons spacecraft flew by it in 2015.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The get-back with Sivan will extend Brat Summer into 2025 after the dynamic duo barnstormed arenas in North America on the 22-city fall Sweat Tour, as well as giving European audiences their first look at the Sweat aesthetic.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Dec. 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have barnstormed the states, making their final pitches to crucial voters that could put them in the White House.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barnstorm
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The cultural tide in America had turned against the permissive atmosphere on America’s campuses, which tolerated the roving bands of menacing, occasionally violent anti-Israel mobs that had transformed their institutions from centers of learning to gauntlets.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
24 Mar. 2025
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At Lam Kwong Deli & Market, dim sum is served all day — without the roving carts or hot tea service.—
Brianna Taylor,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Room to roam: Wild Heaven Beer West End Communal seating, fire pits, and clear lines of sight to children running around offer ample opportunities to relax.—
Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Loading your audio article SAN JOSE — Karlie Lema had the ball at her feet and plenty of green grass to roam.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Solana Beach Children’s Spring Festival and Egg Hunt Solana Beach’s Children’s Spring Festival & Egg Hunt hops into La Colonia Community Park on Saturday, April 19 at 10:30 a.m.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The lighthearted post comes just a few days after Cardi hopped on Instagram for a more disheartening reason.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
1 Apr. 2025
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The banal village tunes that Mahler altered into sinister mock vulgarities—did these not recall the raffish klezmer bands, the wandering musicians who played at shtetl weddings?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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The vehicle wandered across the road far more than any already ill-handling Defender should, its brakes were weak, and gear shifts were accompanied by a prominent clunk.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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The following spring, Abbott began busing migrants to New York, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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The other options convert all or some of the Silver Line to bus rapid transit — with buses in dedicated lanes that have traffic signal priority, elevated platforms and enhanced stations.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
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Don Jazzy tells me that while most of the industry gallivanted over the festive season, Rema was recording, too.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2025
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The film is all gun-toting, door-busting, gallivanting action.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
17 Aug. 2024
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Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
29 Nov. 2024
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The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
2 Dec. 2024
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Worldwide Success, Olympic Disappointment At age 16, the Delaware native jetted off to Montreal for her first World Championships as an elite gymnast.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Moncler jetted everyone out to the grand ski destination of Courchevel, France for the brand’s Fall 2025 show—from Anne Hathaway to Oscar winner Adrien Brody and Jessica Chastain, Penn Badgley, and the Peltz-Beckhams.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Barnstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstorm. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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