carnivalesque

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“It kills me how out of touch Cuomo is,” she said, dressed in black leggings and taking pictures with her pink iPhone of the carnivalesque “No Kings” rally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Molly learns a passel of thinpgs in this surrealist, carnivalesque bildungsroman.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Food trucks, games, a band and balloons made the atmosphere carnivalesque.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

The next day, the gathering turned more carnivalesque, with hawkers selling Elvis memorabilia as a procession of politicians and celebrities, including the singer James Brown, came to pay their respects.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2023

The crowd, which thickened most in the Piazza di Venezia, had grown more and more carnivalesque in attire and behavior.

From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean