piper

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Recent Examples of piper The Bruins are paying the piper for trading four first-round picks — part of the costs of acquiring Nash, Ondrej Kase, Lindholm and Orlov — in the last seven years and falling short on their other selections. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 With bo la lot, seasoned ground beef is rolled in piper sarmentosum, also colloquially known as wild betel leaves, which have an herbal and peppery flavor when cooked. Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024 With his entourage of ballers and video vixens, his retinue of security, his talent for curation, Puff was the ringmaster of relevancy, the pied piper of fun and the force at the very center of cultural power. Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024 The Bruins are paying the piper for trading four first-round picks — part of the costs of acquiring Nash, Ondrej Kase, Lindholm and Orlov — in the last seven years and falling short on their other selections. Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for piper
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Noun
  • The piece, finished in 1947 by the French organist and composer, is based on the Catholic Mass for the Dead in Gregorian chant.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
  • Nicola, the elder daughter, is a church organist, and Easter, her younger sister, is a minister.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The name Culture Club itself is a reference to their unusually diverse makeup — a gay Irish lead vocalist; a Black Jamaican Brit bassist (Mikey Craig); a blond Englishman guitarist (Roy Hay); and a Jewish drummer from a punk background (Jon Moss).
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
  • Another asked drummer Daniel Fang about his Perfect 10 album, Floral Green by Title Fight.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • She be accompanied by a five-piece group, led by ace pianist Sullivan Fortner, that includes Dušan Balarin on theorbo, a bass flute that has 14 strings and can measure more than six feet from end to end.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
  • The infection has been in the US news recently with the deaths of pianist Betsy Arakawa and actor Gene Hackman.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Other early members included lead singer Sharon Bryant, trumpeter William Sudderth III and saxophonist Damon Rentie.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 8 June 2025
  • Brian Newman, renowned trumpeter and bandleader for Lady Gaga's jazz projects, always wanted to be a musician.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Pianist Sonia Lee and flutist Pija Hocevar will perform at the Platt Library.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • The lineup includes three Grammy winners — saxophonist David Sanchez, bassist John Clayton and drummer Lewis Nash — along with pianist and six-time Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton and top San Diego flutist Holly Hofmann.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The singer/flautist, however, has long been vocal in her support for her LGBTQ fans, and in 2023, her brand Yitty unveiled a line of gender-affirming shapewear.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 June 2025
  • The musician, who rose to fame on the arm of quick-witted bars, released back-to-back flute albums in 2023, surprising fans and critics alike who were impressed by his skills as a flautist.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • History celebrated the soloist, the rebel, the star—the Lone Eagle.
    David Rooney June 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Of that sum, vinyl purchases comprise 4,000 – a personal best sales week for Jonas as a soloist on vinyl.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The composers also relied on French percussionist and string player Louis Perez to bring textures to the submarine sequence.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 May 2025
  • This trumpet player and composer, Rob Mazurek, plays with percussionist Chad Taylor in the band Chicago Underground.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025

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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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