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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-wire in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-wire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of high-wire in a Sentence

  1. Oprah Winfrey:

    Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

  2. Jeff Shesol:

    This isn't just light entertainment. It's a high-wire act for the president, and more so in the last decade or so than it used to be. We live in a different era.

  3. Ron Hosko:

    This in an incredibly high stakes, high-wire act, timing is of the essence, but being right is absolutely critical. Comey must be the one to make the case that the law has been broken and a prosecution is recommended.

  4. Mark Hanson:

    It's a high-wire act for all of these guys right now.

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