bread and circuses
Example Sentences
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My second takeaway is that bread and circuses — the Roman phrase for distracting the populace with spectacle — was in full force.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
We demand, if not bread and circuses, then true American camp—a racoon-and-toy-pony show, a hunt for treasure, and White House officials dragged up to entertain our children.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023
It’s almost like saying, you can do anything you want as long as you give bread and circuses to the people.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2018
“Nobody Speak” is a chilling, essential primer in how we got here and where we’re going if bread and circuses continue to win the news cycle.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2017
Those who to-day bear the brunt of our evils dare not throw themselves upon the mercy of their masters, not though there are bread and circuses as a reward.
From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter
