three-ring circus
Example Sentences
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The household in the 1970s was routinely described as a three-ring circus filled with rowdy kids, lost pets and haggard servants who often quit in frustration, saying Ethel was difficult to work for.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
“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
“The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal acts five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announced Wednesday.
From Washington Post • May 18, 2022
It didn’t take the media long to find out we were home and make a three-ring circus out of it.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
