carnival
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The 40th anniversary of Londonderry's Halloween festival has come to a spectacular close, with a carnival parade and fireworks display lighting up the skies over the River Foyle.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Musicians and acrobats joined the colorful floats, giving the downtown avenues a carnival atmosphere.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
“It’s a Tilt-A-Whirl, you’re getting whipped around,” Farley said during an interview with MarketWatch, referencing a popular carnival ride.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Hilton is a carnival barker and a very wealthy man,” said Cole, who supported Bianco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s like the carnival incident was some kind of premonition or bad omen or something.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
By the early 1990s, some crews in the U.K. began throwing megaraves more spiritually akin to experiential carnivals than to more lowkey dance-floor-and-DJ setups.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
One rooted in the thrills, energy and pageantry of early 20th-century carnivals, but with a 21st-century twist — the atmosphere of a TikTok reel brought to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
Sheyi Martins-Allen, 36, has been going to carnivals since she was 10 years old and now brings her young family.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
He subsequently moved to Venice, which soon became as obsessed with opera as it had traditionally been with carnivals, and the world’s first public opera house, San Cassiano, opened there in 1637.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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