merry-go-round
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He became a rare symbol of institutional continuity: A regular bit-part character keeping calm and carrying on during a merry-go-round of political change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He came under repeated fire for a robotic communication style that failed to cut through with the public as well as overseeing a merry-go-round of jobs at the top of government.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
When his camera isn’t woozily circling like a merry-go-round, his edginess glints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
I’m not sure how to step off the merry-go-round.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
Despite the gleeful shouting and merry-go-round music, he could not forget the soccer field at far end of the park: silent, waiting.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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
The carousel is one of the oldest wooden merry-go-rounds in California, and one of just a handful designed by the famous Spillman Engineering Corp. and its predecessor that remain in operation in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
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
There were toy automobiles and trucks, windmills and merry-go-rounds, airplanes, boats and a lot of others, mostly run on batteries.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
