circus

Picasso talked about his parents, his family and all the circus people who informed his art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Polling expert John Curtice told the BBC that Farage had been hoping for a "very substantial political circus" but may end up with a "relatively damp squib" if no one challenges him properly.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

And his wife Meghan could still turn up in the UK this week, surrounded by the media circus that will inevitably accompany that moment.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

To make them want to join the world’s circus, not to let it pack up and move on, out of sight and out of mind, until it swings back through years from now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

There are many such nods to the phenomenon of the circus in a historical sense, though it is hardly a traditional circus.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

They’re capitalist endeavors, not charity cases, whose stated mission is to provide bread and circuses to the masses while making as much profit as possible in the process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2025

In 2016, one of the largest and oldest circuses finally stopped using elephants in its shows.

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 23, 2024

Other reality TV wedding circuses emerged from this primordial soup too, including a few that built an entire marriage-accessory block on TLC and a market for rubbernecking horror comedies like WEtv’s “Bridezillas.”

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024

“No. It’s really too late to change the choreography. But never fear. The circuses will be marvelous! Ah...not the modern sort of circus, mind you. That would require clowns, and I hate clowns.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan