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tightrope
noun
tightrope walker

tightrope <a tightrope; tightropes> N (instruments & machines)

tightrope walker

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For instance, politicians are said to walk a tightrope when trying to balance two opposing views with little room for compromise.
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The man jumps up onto his tightrope (which is five or so feet high) and begins to perform many tricks.
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In plate 77, a pope walking a tightrope was prudently reduced to a cardinal or bishop in the print published in 1863.
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Some expert tightrope walkers can jump forward while standing on the rope without falling.
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The previous year he had caused a sensation by crossing the Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
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The nature of the accident is unknown, but it is speculated to have been a fall from his tightrope, explaining the end of his performances.
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The house is spacious but oddly decorated: the most prominent features are a broken clock with a clown face, and a toy tightrope walker.
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Similar to a man walking across a swaying tightrope, any economic model subject to cyclical stressors must find a balance.
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It's like watching a tightrope walker sling a wire between two far-distant skyscrapers and set off in the middle of a gale.
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Entertainment in this period included hot air balloon ascents, fireworks, and tightrope walkers.
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