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three-ring circus

[three-ring] / ˈθriˌrɪŋ /
NOUN
zoo
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“They just watch the three-ring circus play out.”

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023

But by Tuesday the fever had broken — at least enough so that Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show could take up residence, center stage, in the three-ring circus of disharmony that captures most people's attention.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023

But a general decline in newspaper readership and the recession of the 1990s, followed by a three-ring circus of corporate leadership at The Times, would be the undoing of the paper’s Orange County edition.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022

The three-ring circus shut down in May 2017 after a 146-year run.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021

With Nadine, Gregory, and Deirdre, today's rehearsal was turning into a three-ring circus!

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene




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