carrousel
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They view Ryan as a proven leader with a sterling resume who could stop Indy’s quarterback carrousel by playing at a championship level for a few more years.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022
The hedgehog mating ritual is a lengthy affair, known in German as Igelkarussell, or hedgehog carrousel, and takes place over an area of around 40 sq metres.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019
Like a carrousel ride, obsession yields a sensation of motion while circling past views that are ever the same.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
In one room, a carrousel projector circulates some of his slides, to authentic, relatively homely effect.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
Anyway, we kept getting closer and closer to the carrousel and you could start to hear that nutty music it always plays.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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