carnival
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Inside the exhibit hall, there was a carnival game where contestants could see who could shoot the most water at a target.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
It turns the world into a carnival of danger and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
"The samba says it: there are children of the poor becoming doctors, and me, a child of the poor, becoming a carnival designer," he told Reuters.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Director and co-writer Clint Bentley filmed the ending of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, in which Joel Edgerton’s solitary Robert visits a carnival, encountering a strange wolf-boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
I had the feeling for a moment I was in the carnival I had seen recently in a movie, with its pushing, shoving, noisy throng, and its shouting, arm-waving vendors and pitchmen.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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