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Recent Examples of madhouse But the Vaughns planned Records & Retro to be a cool all-day hang not just a Black Friday-type madhouse. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 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 The school year was winding down, which meant tests and grades and the usual madhouse rush. T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for madhouse
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Noun
  • These ascendants met for back-to-back bedlam in March Madness.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • And the week-long party that had been taking place in Green Bay turned into absolute bedlam.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Then Portugal’s staff get angry about people trying to get into the background, summing up what really is a bit of a circus.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • At this time, Disneyland was still envisioned as housing a circus, a concept that was explored in the actual park after opening but soon discarded.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025

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