rigmarole
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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
She said she has trouble with computers and requested a paper test, but that led to a whole additional rigmarole.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2023
So are things different from back in January, when you may remember we went through this whole rigmarole and it fizzled out?
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2022
“Oh, gracious! What shall I say?” cried Sallie, as Fred ended his rigmarole, in which he had jumbled together pell-mell nautical phrases and facts out of one of his favorite books.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing rigmarole
Boy: Tales of Childhood
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"Home" by Anton Chekhov
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