merry-go-round
noun
mer·ry-go-round
ˈmer-ē-gō-ˌrau̇nd 
-gə-
1
a
: an amusement park ride with seats often in the form of animals (such as horses) revolving about a fixed center
The children grabbed each other by the hand and danced off in the direction of the merry-go-round, toward the wonderful music and the wonderful adventure and the wonderful excitement …—
E. B. White
E. B. Whitecalled also carousel
b
: a children's playground apparatus consisting of a platform that revolves about a fixed center
And every day at recess, Reuben would push us on the merry-go-round on the playground. He would push us really fast, and we all thought Reuben made recess great fun—as long as we held on tight and didn't fall off as we whirled around.—Terri Auchter
Terri Auchter2
: a cycle of activity that is complex, fast-paced, or difficult to break out of
the corporate merry-go-round
Examples of merry-go-round in a Sentence
weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city
Recent Examples on the Web
But faced with this merry-go-round of offenders, the district attorneys bundled retail theft with drug charges and some other stuff (like longer sentences for dealers) and wrote a proposal to change the rules of Prop. 47.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
His performance fell short of Red Bull’s expectations, and with a talented Liam Lawson waiting in the wings, the pressure to retain the talent within their junior program intensified, leaving the Australian feeling caught in the Red Bull merry-go-round.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Among the alliance’s members were longtime residents like Mario Rivera, who attended the school from 1950 to 1957 and remembers playing in the school playground, a skimpy patch of mostly dirt sporting a slide, swings and merry-go-round along with basketball and volleyball courts.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Read More: How To Watch The VMAs 2024 In fact, the late-night hosting merry-go-round became a pop culture obsession.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
His performance fell short of Red Bull’s expectations, and with a talented Liam Lawson waiting in the wings, the pressure to retain the talent within their junior program intensified, leaving the Australian feeling caught in the Red Bull merry-go-round.
—Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Among the alliance’s members were longtime residents like Mario Rivera, who attended the school from 1950 to 1957 and remembers playing in the school playground, a skimpy patch of mostly dirt sporting a slide, swings and merry-go-round along with basketball and volleyball courts.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Read More: How To Watch The VMAs 2024 In fact, the late-night hosting merry-go-round became a pop culture obsession.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Merry-go-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry-go-round. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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