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Recent Examples of busker
Meanwhile, buskers entertain people in line playing drums with buckets.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
But the overall effect was to remind the audience that Bieber started out as a busker on the streets of Ontario.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2026
As the days grow longer, locals and travelers spill into beer gardens for ice-cold pints and people-watching, wander the Grand or Royal Canals, and pause to listen to buskers on Grafton Street.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for busker
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
But the overall effect was to remind the audience that Bieber started out as a busker on the streets of Ontario.
—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
2 Feb. 2026
As the days grow longer, locals and travelers spill into beer gardens for ice-cold pints and people-watching, wander the Grand or Royal Canals, and pause to listen to buskers on Grafton Street.
—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for busker
Noun
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The performer and brother of pop star Ariana Grande was a shoo-in for the parts, having played them as far back as 2018.
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The data can be used for special effects work or as a reference for a video game artist creating a character around a performer.
Noun
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Instead, Hargitay learned at age 30 that her bio-dad was Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — Giovanna Sardelli’s father — with whom Mansfield had a brief relationship while separated from Mickey Hargitay in the early 1960s.
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There’s a difference between being an entertainer and an artist.
Noun
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The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.
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Above, she's pictured with Second City troupers Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas and long-time collaborator, Eugene Levy, at a 10 year reunion for the sketch show's Canadian debut.
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