circus
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They added: "Within these categories, we also track our investment in specific artforms such as opera, circus and comedy. At present, we have no plans to change how we classify our investment."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
As she drifts through town, feeling suddenly shorn of her identity, she comes across a traveling circus and is somehow taken on as a volunteer for the sawing-in-half trick, which involves hiding inside a box.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“It’s a circus of miscalculation. Everything about it is wrong,” he said.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
Despite the media circus, there are moments where the streets surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s home do, indeed, resemble an ordinary neighborhood grappling with a tragedy.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
A rather unusual circus, only open at night.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing circus
Ancient Rome - Introductory
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Florida's B.E.S.T Roots: circ, circum
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