rigmarole
Example Sentences
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What retirement experts have found is that the rigmarole around retirement is really about human behavior.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
But say you’re an alien descending to Earth for the first time, untainted by the usual rigmarole of health care and self-care.
From Slate • May 26, 2024
Even though she wants to stay informed, Fox said, she has taken a step back from keeping up with the daily rigmarole of politics.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
A growing number think it is imminent, although we went through this rigmarole earlier in the year and it didn't happen.
From BBC • May 29, 2022
Lancelot, with an uncontrollable desire to get some of his misery off his chest by telling about it—and yet unable to tell the true story to this particular listener—began a long rigmarole about Elaine.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing rigmarole
Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Home" by Anton Chekhov
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