bread and circuses
Example Sentences
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My second takeaway is that bread and circuses — the Roman phrase for distracting the populace with spectacle — was in full force.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
We demand, if not bread and circuses, then true American camp—a racoon-and-toy-pony show, a hunt for treasure, and White House officials dragged up to entertain our children.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023
But you are certainly not the only person who, when blessed with a larger paycheck, chooses not to spend it all on high-end bread and circuses.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021
“Nobody Speak” is a chilling, essential primer in how we got here and where we’re going if bread and circuses continue to win the news cycle.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2017
It required a great deal of money to support the luxurious court of the emperors and their innumerable officials and servants, and to supply "bread and circuses" for the populace of the towns.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey
