carnival
Example Sentences
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In front of bumper crowds and a carnival atmosphere, he finished at 23-under, three clear of Spain's Rahm, who never really got going, mixing two birdies with a bogey in his 71.
From Barron's
Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.
In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.
From Barron's
They appeared alongside performers wearing enormous heads crafted to look like Italian opera composers Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Gioachino Rossini, in a surreal nod to the country’s carnival tradition.
But the performer’s most devoted fans understand that the entire set wrapped righteous critiques in a street carnival.
From Salon
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