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Recent Examples of madhouse But things move fast in the Goodison madhouse. Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 The show biz bona fides firmly located modern experience within the dizzying hall of mirrors that is the mass-media madhouse. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022 Michigan football on Saturday beat Ohio State, 45-23 in Columbus for the first time since 2000 and Twitter, understandably, was a madhouse. Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022 The crowd kept up the energy for 60 minutes, turning the 87,451-seat stadium into a madhouse. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for madhouse
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Noun
  • Just as much bedlam erupted here at Weird and Wild World HQ.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Their journey to the Comiskey concert was typical of the bedlam that accompanied their performances.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But New York’s media-political circus is a particularly unforgiving place.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The movie’s narrative [spoilers ahead] revolves around the lovely circus aerialist Cleopatra, who romantically pursues little person Hans, a performer in the sideshow.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025

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