as in circuses
a place of uproar or confusion
our house is always a madhouse on school mornings, with five kids and two dogs running around
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Noun
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As a teen-ager, Batten was the president of Animal Connection of Texas, an animal-rights nonprofit, and lobbied for restrictions on travelling circuses.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Signs discussing the use of Blackface and Minstrel music in traveling circuses were submitted.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The downtown bustles with businesses both old and new.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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The designs featured corsets, bustles, feathers, ruffles, and a limited color palette of black, white and tan, with a splash of red.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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