Circuses

Word CIRCUSES
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Definitions and meanings of "Circuses"

What do we mean by circuses?

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent.

A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet.

A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place.

In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing.

(World War II) A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned.

Circuit; space; enclosure.

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The word "circuses" in example sentences

There were nearly 40,000 H-2B jobs in circuses and amusement parks, nearly 150,000 in housekeeping, and almost half a million in landscaping, ❋ Dan Rather (2010)

Is it a similar inner circle to the one in circuses? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He has performed in circuses in several European and Latin American countries since becoming adept at his performing skills at the age of 6, most of them taught to him by his parents and other family members who were also circus performers. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In addition to Mexico, Nestor has performed in circuses in various countries including Chile and Brazil. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Ann Widdecombe spoke about cruelty in circuses during the Second Reading debate. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Coachella festival in California because of the smell of cooking meat, described the treatment of animals in China as "absolutely horrific", referring to recent news stories about animals in Chinese circuses and zoos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ex-Smiths frontman made the comments in a magazine interview, as he slammed the treatment of animals in Chinese circuses and zoos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The only camels are in circuses," she said, "and our duty to the boy is moral as well as physical. ❋ Unknown (1916)

Every one will recall the circuses and the Roman scenes of Gérôme. ❋ Various (N/A)

The circuses are the constant partisan slap fights and the infotainment reporters who cover them.

Imagine all the TV ads that quarter billion could get sandwiched among the sitcoms, sports and American Idol-style entertainment that occupy our attention and that are the modern equivalent of the "circuses" that the Roman Juvenal cited, as one of the techniques in his "bread and circuses", for keeping a citizenry docile and malleable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The social characteristics of the audiences, the performers, and the local institutions defining the activity impress a unique stamp on these performances that distinguish them from other public entertainment activities such as circuses or NASCAR races. ❋ Daniel Little (2008)

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