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
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Signs discussing the use of Blackface and Minstrel music in traveling circuses were submitted.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026 -
The stark reality Stark toured with circuses until the late 1940s, when she was hired by Jungleland, a zoo located outside of Los Angeles.—
Alessandro Meregaglia,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Three-ring circuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-ring%20circuses. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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