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Recent Examples of whistle-stopMuch like with Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise is doing a Cannes flyby with Mission: Impossible 8, with the whistle-stop on the Croisette followed up by press touchdowns in London, Korea and Japan.—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025 Commander Lawrence leads a whistle-stop tour of his one-gazebo town.—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025 As ever, this year’s lineup offers a snapshot of film festival highlights, taking us on a whistle-stop tour of the big five — Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto — with titles that made an impact at events in Warsaw, Thessaloniki, Taipei, Locarno, Málaga, Haugesund and Karlovy Vary.—Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024 On Monday, the last day before the election, Harris finally came to Allentown for a whistle-stop rally.—Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, his publishers have arranged a whistle-stop book tour through the US.—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024 Taking a whistle-stop tour down memory lane, the pair will uncover secrets from each other’s past in The Odd Couple, sharing funny and heart-warming stories along the way.—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 July 2024 Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, has openly criticized Orban’s whistle-stop diplomatic tour.—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 16 July 2024 Growing up in a whistle-stop Oklahoma town, Turner’s introduction to the world of publishing was second nature — his father Fred owned and ran the local newspaper, which is where the younger Turner got his start as a cub photographer.—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 26 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whistle-stop
village
Noun
To get more businesses participating in the grant program, the village is sending targeted mailings to the property owners in Gurnee’s East Grand Corridor, according to Trujillo.
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Erin Yarnall,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
Israeli forces continue to occupy five hilltops in southern Lebanon, in violation of the ceasefire agreement, and have been destroying entire villages in the country.
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