three-ring circus
Example Sentences
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But by Tuesday the fever had broken — at least enough so that Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show could take up residence, center stage, in the three-ring circus of disharmony that captures most people's attention.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2023
The campaigns had no shortage of metaphors for the discombobulation, even before Day 3, when the three-ring circus became a two-ringer.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022
At Mission Chinese, the kitchen had a tendency to try to make every dish into a three-ring circus.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Among the earliest documents will be some sort of outline or flow-chart for his debut, “Paradise, Nevada,” and the researcher who finds it will think they’ve stumbled into a three-ring circus.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2021
It didn’t take the media long to find out we were home and make a three-ring circus out of it.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
