as in bedlams
a place of uproar or confusion
the house has been a three-ring circus ever since the kids got back from summer camp
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circuses
Noun
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Coaches don’t like media circuses, but Jones can’t wean himself off the attention.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Dec. 2025 -
Other nominees included the Swiss yodelling, the handloom weaving technique used to make Bangladesh’s Tangail sarees, and Chile’s family circuses.—
Paolo Santalucia,
Fortune,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Three-ring circuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-ring%20circuses. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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