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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.

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  • If he were to have “barnstormed” as Adam put it, he could have built the kind of public support necessary to encourage Nelson, Landrieux etc. to support the effort.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken 2009

  • The cab franc tour then barnstormed through the regions that are turning out a wine that I would never associate with cab franc.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • It details my unlikely climb from stay-at-home dad and freelance writer to Chinese rock star and the deep relationships I developed with my Chinese bandmates as we barnstormed across the country.

    Alan Paul: My Unlikely Journey from Journalist to Chinese Rockstar to Voice Actor Alan Paul 2011

  • The Public option became controversial because the Administration stood idly by while the tea party folks barnstormed the nation with lies.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken 2009

  • Obama had barnstormed around the country to pressure his Republican opponents to back his top legislative priority but did not pick up a single Republican vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

    Republicans defeat Obama jobs bill in Senate 2011

  • It details my unlikely climb from stay-at-home dad and freelance writer to Chinese rock star and the deep relationships I developed with my Chinese bandmates as we barnstormed across the country.

    Alan Paul: My Unlikely Journey from Journalist to Chinese Rockstar to Voice Actor Alan Paul 2011

  • Al-Maliki, a Shiite who is trying to remain atop Iraq's parliament, has barnstormed southern Iraq and Baghdad, holding rallies at soccer stadiums and visiting tribal leaders in predominantly Shiite areas where he is popular.

    Iraq faces biggest test yet of democracy 2010

  • Mr. Huntsman, who only weeks ago was President Barack Obama's ambassador to China, barnstormed from Jersey City, N.J., to New Hampshire and back to Manhattan, touching each base he will need to be a contender: a lofty backdrop—the Statue of Liberty—to evoke national appeal; a pitch to voters here in centrist, coastal New England; and a pitch to donors in New York.

    Soft-Spoken Huntsman Enters the GOP Race Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • Running neck-and-neck with Mr. Romney, Mr. Paul barnstormed the state alongside his son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, drawing by far the youngest crowds of anyone in the race.

    Iowa Race Down to the Wire Sara Murray 2012

  • If he were to have “barnstormed” as Adam put it, he could have built the kind of public support necessary to encourage Nelson, Landrieux etc. to support the effort.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Road Not Taken 2009

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