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three-ring

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The household in the 1970s was routinely described as a three-ring circus filled with rowdy kids, lost pets and haggard servants who often quit in frustration, saying Ethel was difficult to work for.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

A onetime Cincinnati mayor and news anchor, his namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional guests.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Mr. Vittorini said that Mr. Newhouse handed him a three-ring binder of notes he had made about Parade over the three years since Advance Publications had acquired it.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

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

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




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