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Recent Examples of stilt
The annual Fanti Carnival saw elaborate processions with participants dressed in vibrant costumes, musical and masquerade performances, and dancing stilt walkers.
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Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Orlando Boat Show also features a trout pond for young visitors, performances from Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel, a pirate magician and mermaid stilt walkers.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
DJs, bands, stilt walkers, food trucks and displays for photo ops are part of the event.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
The couple’s daughter, Sarauniya, made her stilt-dancing debut at 3 years old—a true natural.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
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Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The Orlando Boat Show also features a trout pond for young visitors, performances from Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel, a pirate magician and mermaid stilt walkers.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
DJs, bands, stilt walkers, food trucks and displays for photo ops are part of the event.
—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
The couple’s daughter, Sarauniya, made her stilt-dancing debut at 3 years old—a true natural.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
Noun
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Other Catholic thinkers, though, worry this might be too sanguine, and hope the Church will take a stronger stand against AI.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Crews removed the overhead sign truss and moved it off the road along the shoulder.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2026
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An aluminum truss provided infrastructure, and custom joints, gimbals and animatronics gave the astronaut life.—
Niyaz Pirani,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Avoid the big, popular fields everyone else is hunting and focus on smaller, less obvious openings where toms might want to strut.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2026
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By copying the strut and behavior of real males, the robotic birds are meant to attract younger grouse and encourage them to start a new breeding site in a safer location.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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While e-bikes have pedals, the more powerful e-motos have pegs.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
22 Apr. 2026
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Chefs play the Cracker Barrel peg game to organize into teams for the chance to earn $12,000.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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