Mardi Gras
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, the Mardi Gras event was not successful, the report says, and the losses it generated cancelled out profits from the annual Gay Village Party in the city.
From BBC
Second only to Mardi Gras for its dazzling displays, parades and parties, a New Orleans fall day is a guaranteed delight.
From MarketWatch
They called it Mecca, and every week, they came to the same stretch of levee next to an abandoned warehouse where Mardi Gras floats were once built.
From Los Angeles Times
He fell in love with the city when he attended Mardi Gras in 1972 with some friends from college, he said.
From MarketWatch
This followed a similar freakout during Mardi Gras last year, when X users melted down over a video of a group of college-aged girls dancing to hip-hop at a gas station in Louisiana.
From Salon
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