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circus

[sur-kuhs] / ˈsɜr kəs /


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“It’s a circus of miscalculation. Everything about it is wrong,” he said.

From Salon

For Glass, they may take on deeper meaning now that the circus is where he landed 26 operas later.

From Los Angeles Times

A juggler too advanced for the circus, language’s great folk hero.

From Los Angeles Times

“Grandpa,” I said, “if those monkeys are the ones that got away from the circus train, how do you suppose they got way over here? It’s eight miles from our place over to the railroad.”

From Literature

She’s escaped the mad circus of the Borg family in a way — said, “I want my own family.”

From Los Angeles Times