fishbowl
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The octagonal office where Ms. Roberts conducts counseling sessions creates a fishbowl effect. — John Jurgensen, WSJ, "The Surreal World: TV Delves Into Paranoia, Anxiety and Misinformation," 27 Oct. 2018 Inside a fishbowl of soundproof glass in London, the past three weeks have delivered nonstop mental and physical theater. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, "A Black Eye, a Controversial Leak and Possible Armageddon—the Madness of the World Chess Championship," 27 Nov. 2018 As a part of the rebrand, RWB will be updating or adding new features, including a shot bar, an eight-inch prize wheel, dance platform and fishbowl drinks. — Stephanie Morse, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Downtown Milwaukee's Red, White & Blue bar is rebranded as RWB," 21 June 2018 The first question Bryan pulls from the fishbowl is what his favorite cocktail is: vodka with ruby red grapefruit juice. — Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, "Luke Bryan Reveals Madonna Was His First Celebrity Crush While Playing 'Fishing For Answers': Watch," 5 June 2018 Handler kicked off the event with a gloriously brief introduction and ended it by personally passing the donation fishbowl. — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, "Communal reading party speaks volumes for school libraries," 19 June 2018 In the fishbowl environment of the NFL, there’s no end to the scrutiny, fair or not. — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, "As NFL draft approaches, excuses won’t cut it for QB Josh Allen and those racist tweets," 26 Apr. 2018 The bathroom, with its see-through walls and ceiling, feels like a bona-fide fishbowl. — Nikki Ekstein, BostonGlobe.com, "A hotel in the Maldives lets you sleep underwater — for $50,000 a night," 19 Apr. 2018 No doubt Ohtani needed time to grow accustomed to his new country, new training methods, new baseball and new competition in this fishbowl life. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "Nine Innings: Inside Ohtani's Electric Debut, Masahiro Tanaka's Resurgence and Ranking the Most Surprising Starts to 2018," 9 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fishbowl.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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