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Recent Examples of piper
Cops, lawyers and judges, pay the piper like the rest of us.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2024
At that point, interest rates will skyrocket and consumers and businesses that have been relying on debt to cope with the Fed’s dollar destruction will find the piper at their doors, demanding to be paid.
—Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
After years of lavish spending, the piper, and the writers and the actors, must be paid.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
But more recently demand grown louder than a piper on the loch.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2024
At that point, interest rates will skyrocket and consumers and businesses that have been relying on debt to cope with the Fed’s dollar destruction will find the piper at their doors, demanding to be paid.
—Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
After years of lavish spending, the piper, and the writers and the actors, must be paid.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
But more recently demand grown louder than a piper on the loch.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piper
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These nocturnal artisans were assisted by the four organists of Notre Dame, each of whom was intimately acquainted with the unique character of the organ’s sound from years spent playing the instrument.Caroline Baum and Sérène Nourrison, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nationally renowned theater organist Mark Herman performs songs of the season.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2024
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Most of the lineup for the 2025 festival has been announced, including former Beatles drummer Pete Best.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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The surviving members of Soundgarden — drummer Matt Cameron, guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Ben Shepherd — reunited onstage Saturday to perform a set of the band’s music at a Seattle benefit concert.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
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For a recital by Filippo Gorini, an Italian pianist, go here.Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024
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Her death, in 2011, haunts the film and hovers over Carax’s depiction of their daughter, Nastya, seen in home movies as a small child and, as an adult, as an accomplished pianist.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Washington plays the trumpeter Bleek, a flashy, jazz-loving young man whose talent is always running neck and neck with his penchant for self-sabotage.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
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The tree made its first TV appearance on The Howdy Doody Show, and decorations went from cranberries and popcorn to red garland, white plastic globes, icicle lights and wiry white angel trumpeters.Kate Hogan, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Upcoming performers are flutist Lori Bell on June 28, singer Melissa Morgan on July 26, singer Rose Mallett on Aug. 23, flutist Holly Hofmann on Sept. 27 and trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos on Friday, Oct. 25.Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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The album takes the acclaimed lyricist from the rap world to jazz as a woodwind artist, highlighting him as a flutist.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Performing with the flautist and Outkast member at the concerts are: Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, and Deantoni Parks.Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 25 June 2024
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Composer Huang Ruo and composer, saxophonist, and flautist Anna Webber are among 10 2024 recipients of the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA).Paul Grein, Billboard, 2 May 2024
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Five soloists boast multiple merry leaders: Josh Groban (four); Michael Bublé and Kimberley Locke (three each); and Jim Brickman and Meghan Trainor (two each).Gary Trust, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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While some idols wait years to tour internationally as soloists or apart from their groups, Hwasa is seizing the opportunity early to prove that her appeal extends far beyond her home country.Jeff Benjamin, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The first few rows of the back area of the orchestra section are an ideal vantage point to catch all the excitement as well as not be overwhelmed by those offstage percussionists.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2024
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Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory was written and recorded collaboratively with Van Etten’s bandmates—percussionist Jorge Balbi, bassist Devra Hoff, and multi-instrumentalist Teeny Lieberson.Walden Green, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Piper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piper. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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