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carousel

[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel] / ˌkær əˈsɛl, ˈkær əˌsɛl /
NOUN
merry-go-round
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Most carousel fraudsters dealt in high-value, high-volume items like mobile phones or computer chips, for which investigators were on the lookout.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The same shipments of goods are often moved around repeatedly, hence the name carousel fraud.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“And now here we are with a carousel that’s 100 years old. We want to honor it and make it run again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Last few months…. 10000000000/10,” she captioned an Instagram carousel of photos in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The little creature appears late one afternoon on an old carousel in the village of Perchance.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

But since Aug. 9, when they began harnessing the power of Ryonex, every single one of their meme carousels has racked up tens of thousands of likes.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Baggage claim carousels will move from outdoors to indoors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The show’s minimalism extends to its set by Soutra Gilmour: two oversize piles of luggage on a turntable—conceptually clever even if it may trigger unpleasant memories of long, foot-tapping waits at airport carousels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

If you want to see her character’s influence, take a scroll through some Instagram carousels while hungover on November 1.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025

At that moment you remembered Vinny’s old wallpaper, the one she used to have when she was little, with carousels and clowns.

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead


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