How to Use merry-go-round in a Sentence
merry-go-round
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Park in the upper lot for the merry-go-round and head toward the trail.
—Kelcie Pegher, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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There's even a swing and a merry-go-round to keep the fun going all day long.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 3 Aug. 2023
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That started the merry-go-round of players there in 2024.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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In a sequence of images, Shaun rides the merry-go-round once more with Glassman.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
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And the merry-go-round of yelps and vocal chops at its core gleam like Christmas morning.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
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And the merry-go-round of yelps and vocal chops at its core gleam like Christmas morning.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
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The coaching carousel spun at its usual brisk pace, and the quarterback merry-go-round is about to do the same.
—Joseph Person, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Come up with the title of a good piece of music for this subzero merry-go-round.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
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The 49ers went through a merry-go-round of quarterbacks and finished last season with no healthy QBs.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
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The merry-go-round used to actually be in that mall, but it was moved to a horse jumping place called Spruce Meadows.
—Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2023
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Not that he’s conflicted in the least: Rather than hop back on the merry-go-round with Jason Alexander, Larry opts to sell cars.
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
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For the next fourteen years, Kennedy has said, his life was a merry-go-round of chasing a high and coming down into a deep despair.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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The merry-go-round, as Jackson calls it, is inescapable when discussing this Australian project.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Carrie, a consultant in Portland, Oregon, had a great name for the whole concept: the merry-go-round.
—Liz Krieger, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Aug. 2023
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Just look at the merry-go-round that has been Connor Bedard’s top line in the ongoing pursuit to get his offense on track.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
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Just look at the merry-go-round that has been Connor Bedard’s top line in the ongoing pursuit to get his offense on track.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
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The mall’s merry-go-round was brought in from another location.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 27 Feb. 2023
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In the neighborhood’s public park, all that remained of a children’s merry-go-round that had been set on fire was its iron structure.
—Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
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As the lovely New Moon lands in your busy 3rd house, don't be shocked if your life seems to become a merry-go-round of appointments and get-togethers at the drop of a hat.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
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Lightfoot had to grin because that's the gold ring in the music industry merry-go-round: the album that gives the artist independence for the rest of his life.
—Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2023
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The jagged shadows of buttes and spires disappeared and reappeared, a merry-go-round of angles cast on to the cascading rocks cradling the Colorado River.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Emma happens upon a glowing merry-go-round, beckoned by the sound of a baby’s voice.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
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Add-on accessories like merry-go-rounds, centrifugal funnels, and mills help the marble to pick up speed.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 22 Oct. 2023
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Grainge rode this merry-go-round of mergers and acquisitions to greater power.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
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Human children indulge in spinner bowls at playgrounds and in merry-go-rounds, carousels and carnival rides that spin them through the air.
—Shayla Love, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023
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For kids, there are games, an adventure park with swings and a merry-go-round, a ball pit, coloring and a contest to find Grandpa Gummy Bear.
—Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
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But in addition to the merry-go-round seventh Friday, Suárez gave up three runs in the first inning of his previous outing.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2024
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The air throbs with dread-inducing electronic tones; the five other cast members enter and sit with their backs to her, not yet caught up in her sad merry-go-round.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
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Numerous friends of Gagosian’s cautioned me not to mistake the merry-go-round of parties and galas and superyacht cruises for a life of sybaritic leisure.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
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Half marathon participants will meander through the park on a path with minimal hills, taking them past the merry-go-round, L.A. Zoo and more.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
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