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Recent Examples of piper
Splendid orange animal piper on the label of this 14% alcohol wine that includes piqued and piquant aromas of blue fruit, vanilla, orange peels, wet granite, fern glen, soda lime and flint.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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
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Bobby Freeman has been the Arizona Diamondbacks' organist since the team's inception in 1998.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Danger moved to Hollywood in 1987 after the organist from his Minnesota church sold his turkey farm to move to the beach — and invited Danger to become the pastor at St. John’s.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
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Draped in all-white, the Colombian star was flanked by dancers and drummers repping the colors of his native country.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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Phil Crews always wanted to be a drummer and percussionist.—
C. R. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Set in a historic 1894 stable, Stable Hall is live music venue that brings in renowned talent like Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, while Jazz, TX, by jazz pianist Doc Watkins hosts shows every night of the week an intimate, subterranean setting.—
Katie Chang,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Some community activists have opposed the sale, including concert pianist Orlando Alonso, who has championed an alternative proposal for restoring the Olympia as a center for the arts.—
Carl David Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
23 July 2025
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Later in the night he was joined by trumpeter Maurice Brown, and the two collaborated on a rousing, high-energy performance that was a hit among the revelers.—
Kelly Wetherille,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, who played the Shubert Theatre in 1943 and 1947.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2025
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Style came mainly from soloists — especially the principal flutist Robert Langevin’s shapely contributions — and from the New York Philharmonic Chorus, directed by Malcolm J. Merriweather, which leaned into Ravel’s rich tonal colors.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Live bands and Basque flutists pirouette around gigantes and bigheads, dancers with enormous papier-mâché heads of historical figures including kings, queens and Moors.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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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
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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
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He was credited as a soloist alongside Joel Smallbone and as part of the cast of Journey to Bethlehem.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Amplification met the glaring illumination with the evening’s piano soloist, Kirill Gerstein, unnaturally dominating a sonically repressed orchestra.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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Flanking him, a cornet player and a percussionist bounced to the rhythm.—
Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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In addition to Prince and his close musical confidants Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, as well as percussionist Sheila E., Revolution keyboardist Dr. Fink and drummer Bobby Z. appear in the movie, along with singer and Prince collaborator Sheena Easton.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
22 July 2025
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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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