merry-go-round
Example Sentences
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I’m not sure how to step off the merry-go-round.
From MarketWatch
Just as Pa thought Judgment Day had come, the outhouse started spinning around like the merry-go-round at the county fair.
From Literature
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She said people who "don't want to risk going on the torturous merry-go-round and trying to get another slot...might take the risk, unfortunately, of cheating."
From BBC
But for all the fun it is, this show pony might as well be on a merry-go-round.
There would be the wobbly start as owner and club got acquainted, a few spins of the managerial merry-go-round, investment in the squad, improvement, promotion, consolidation, sale.
From BBC
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