merry-go-round
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The merry-go-round has reached such unsafe speeds that fewer than half the coaches who will kick off their seasons this week have completed at least one Premier League season in their current postings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
But a "merry-go-round" of referrals, assessments and "hand-offs" - and his autism being used as an "excuse" for past conduct - meant no agency understood the danger he posed.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“It’s very much a merry-go-round, and that merry-go-round had to keep spinning faster,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
When his camera isn’t woozily circling like a merry-go-round, his edginess glints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
I fell off, but the merry-go-round keeps moving.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Angular momentum is familiar in everyday life through spinning objects like bicycle wheels or merry-go-rounds, but at the atomic scale it is deeply connected to magnetism.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
For years, Scottish football used to look at managerial merry-go-rounds in English football and decry it as a basket case environment, Now, it’s every bit as volatile in this country, if not worse.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
Our love for gyration is evidenced by the enduring popularity of playground merry-go-rounds and revolving park rides, and the irresistible draw of somersaulting down a hill.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Human children indulge in spinner bowls at playgrounds and in merry-go-rounds, carousels and carnival rides that spin them through the air.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2023
And no shade on therapy...Just didn’t want to talk to some stranger about my subconscious fear of former kid-show stars and merry-go-rounds.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
