as in madhouses
a place of uproar or confusion
there's no way I can get any reading done in this bedlam, so I'm going to the library
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Indeed, some of our oligarchs actually own the circuses.
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Exotic animals were not typically a feature of carnivals; circuses, yes, but not carnivals.
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“Bedlams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedlams. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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