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- the Roman circus is believed to have held 50,000 spectators in ancient times
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- with seven kids in the house, it's a circus most of the time
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- babel,
- bedlam,
- madhouse,
- scrum
- [British],
- three-ring circus
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- the media circus that took place outside the courthouse every day of the murder trial
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“Circus.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circus. Accessed 24 January 2020.
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The first known use of circus was in the 14th century
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