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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            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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            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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            To that end, the merry-go-round feel of modern football has subsided a little.
                        
 —Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 June 2025 
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            The idea of progress on the pool is comforting, Dodge said, given the idle state of the park’s pony rides and merry-go-round, both closed since 2022 for various reasons.
                        
 —Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 
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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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            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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            Throw in Ronny Mauricio, and the merry-go-round continues.
                        
 —The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 29 July 2025 
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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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            Miami Christian got three straight singles to start off the final inning, and the merry-go-round was in motion.
                        
 —Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025 
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            Birthday guests, whose parents made reservations in advance, lined up to ride a small merry-go-round.
                        
 —Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025 
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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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