merry-go-round
Example Sentences
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On Monday, the public inquiry identified "catastrophic" parental and local authority failings, with a "merry-go-round" of referrals, assessments and "hand-offs" between agencies failing to stop the "predictable and preventable" attack.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
I’m not sure how to step off the merry-go-round.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
After the hit from the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s also been a merry-go-round of CEO’s at the company.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
But for all the fun it is, this show pony might as well be on a merry-go-round.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
For the highly secretive Soviet government, a leadership merry-go-round like this was unprecedented: In the entire history of the USSR, only four men had occupied the leadership post.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
