carnival

“Hilton is a carnival barker and a very wealthy man,” said Cole, who supported Bianco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Born on the carnival circuit, the pseudo-sport maintained a here today-gone tomorrow feeling until relatively recently.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Possible precedents flicker: Maya hieroglyphs, Buddhist mandalas, Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, Bosch, Gauguin, feathered Trinidadian carnival masks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the movie, a carnival staged a publicity-stunt fake wedding in the whale’s mouth, capped by a whale-shaped wedding cake with tiny bride and groom figurines in the whale’s mouth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

A deafening horn blew, and the entire crowd of people who’d so far done a remarkable imitation of completely normal humans morphed into these rampaging beasts looking for free carnival rides.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

From there it developed into the post-Lenten carnivals of medieval Europe and the private theatricals of Renaissance courts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Authorities are also offering free entry to public swimming pools and museums on the polling day, organising carnivals in various neighbourhoods, and holding a televised variety show and gala.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

After that, his unclaimed body began its wanderings: as a greeter for an Oklahoma funeral home, as a sideshow attraction for touring carnivals, and even in a titillating 1933 pre-Code film, “Narcotic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2025

The Preacher said, “I’m the one who’s humbled, sir. I’ve been to many such carnivals and have never seen anything that matches this one. You must be very proud.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis