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a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order
weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city
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Recent Examples of merry-go-round
The solving of the murder is quite straightforward, particularly after last week’s merry-go-round of visits to places Mac visited on Halloween night.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
The jagged shadows of buttes and spires disappeared and reappeared, a merry-go-round of angles cast on to the cascading rocks cradling the Colorado River.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers.
—Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
The jagged shadows of buttes and spires disappeared and reappeared, a merry-go-round of angles cast on to the cascading rocks cradling the Colorado River.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers.
—Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for merry-go-round
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Vibration or wobbling can indicate a bent wheel and a drop in air pressure can indicate a tire leak, both common fallouts from a pothole, said Justin Haynes, manager of the Firestone Complete Auto Care at 4920 Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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It’s got tight 18-inch wheels wrapped in aggressive-looking Goodyear Wrangler Territory MT tires and weighs a hefty 5,540 pounds.Josh Max, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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This can create a vicious cycle of one cold sore healing while another forms.Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 20 Dec. 2024
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That Hebrew calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar cycles.James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Critical thinking certainly has been lost in certain circles over the past few years.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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One of the transactions being bandied about currently in league circles is whether Denver will pull the trigger on acquiring score-first All-Star guard Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls.Evan Sidery, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Merry-go-round.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merry-go-round. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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