barnstormer

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Noun
  • On Sunday afternoon, a civilian pilot violated the temporary flight restriction over Trump's Palm Beach home around 1:15 p.m., NORAD officials said in a press release.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
  • City officials decided the pilot program was limited enough to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, but staff is watching to see whether the spray has any adverse effects on local plants and animals.
    Tyler Faurot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Picture this: The customer service team uses one copilot to track support tickets and gather customer feedback, the sales team relies on another copilot to forecast revenue and manage leads, and the product team uses yet another copilot to analyze user behavior and prioritize features.
    Abhi Maheshwari, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Autopilot systems, fly-by-wire controls, and synthetic vision, while not the equivalent of an A.I. copilot, are also all heavily computer dependent.
    Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025
  • One pair of aviators is designed with reflective lines on the temples, which takes inspiration from the Canada Goose Expedition parka.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cost and the inspiration Carol, it should be noted, is a trouper.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Butler has the look of an actor who would be cast as a cocky flyboy in a 1940s movie, but Cleven is too smooth to give him much to play, especially after his love interest — Isabel May’s Marge — is introduced in the premiere and then never seen again.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • As great a tale as that is, it's made even better by the casting of actual thespians from Sing Sing.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • From Jessica Williams' selfie with Harrison Ford, to Leighton Meester and Adam Brody's date night to Cynthia Erivo's eye-catching manicure of the night, these A-list thespians made the SAG Awards a night to remember.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • San Diego Padres' ace Dylan Cease is entering the final year of his contract with the Padres.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • At the 2024 Australian Open, 7.9 percent of Sabalenka’s serves were aces; at the 2025 tournament, 3.4 percent.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Iris Apfel, famed designer and proud 'geriatric starlet' Read Iris Apfel's obituary Ultimately, Apfel was best known for her look: owlish round glasses, heaps of clanking jewelry, and cropped grey hair.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier in the day, at the first show on the official calendar for Council of Fashion Designers of America, which oversees and organizes the fashion shows, the multi-hyphenate starlet appeared at the Brandon Maxwell runway.
    Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Barnstormer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barnstormer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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