as in circus
a place of uproar or confusion the house has been a three-ring circus ever since the kids got back from summer camp
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Recent Examples of three-ring circus So much is packed in that The Slip feels more like a three-ring circus than a 12-round match. —
Book Marks june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 The song uses a three-ring circus to explain the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. —Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025 The other is an unranked unicorn, most at home in the middle ring of a three-ring circus. —Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 As real estate agent Greg, Matt Rogers makes for a delightful ringmaster of this three-ring circus. —Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for three-ring circus
Book Marks june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 The song uses a three-ring circus to explain the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. —Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 12 Feb. 2025 The other is an unranked unicorn, most at home in the middle ring of a three-ring circus. —Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 As real estate agent Greg, Matt Rogers makes for a delightful ringmaster of this three-ring circus. —Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for three-ring circus
Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-ring circus
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John Lennon basically saw a poster for a circus event with Henry the Horse, so that essentially became the lyrics to that song.— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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But to me, the circus really came to town a few months later in the closing days of the campaign.— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Headphones are often my saving grace in this madhouse.— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
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In practice, this means a madhouse of multimedia rooms, packed with gurgling videos and useless machines and humanoid bodies.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
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At the end of Saturday night’s game, Kennard did what he had been acquired to do, the reason the Lakers call him off the bench, draining a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left, sending the bench into bedlam and giving the Lakers (46-25) a 105-104 victory over the Orlando Magic (38-32).— Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
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Bogle is able to cross into the box, where the two strikers are again creating bedlam for the centre-backs.— Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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