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circus

[sur-kuhs] / ˈsɜr kəs /


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Father-of-five Jason Day jokingly described the occasion as "a circus", with Clark adding: "As a man with no kids I'll say it's great birth control but it's a lot of fun."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s a circus of miscalculation. Everything about it is wrong.”

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

For Glass, they may take on deeper meaning now that the circus is where he landed 26 operas later.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

He occasionally converses about the circus with his fellow pub dwellers.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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