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- noun Plural form of
merry-go-round .
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Examples
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It is enchantingly different from our “merry-go-rounds”.
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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You are moving towards a border between the land and sea that does not have hospitable beaches, or guesthouses painted in welcoming stripes, or merry-go-rounds, or ice-cream for sale, but instead has warnings of danger, steep cliffs.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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I grew up in nice neighborhoods where kids played ball in front yards, the Tooth Fairy left a quarter under your pillow, we had corn on the cob and merry-go-rounds, and PTA meetings.
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Lovely to know this is just the first of the merry-go-rounds in the world of worries of motherhood.
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You are moving towards a border between the land and sea that does not have hospitable beaches, or guesthouses painted in welcoming stripes, or merry-go-rounds, or ice-cream for sale, but instead has warnings of danger, steep cliffs.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
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When that's your focus, nothing seems safe enough, which is why park districts are removing merry-go-rounds kids could fall off!
The War on Childhood Lenore Skenazy 2011
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The old corrugated-metal manually operated merry-go-rounds were still there.
Understand, Rubberband? Christian Crumlish 2011
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Rural women in Mali use a financial system based on an ancient indigenous tradition called tontines or merry-go-rounds, with a few key 21st-century improvements.
Suzanne Skees: Africa's Poorest Women Can Teach Us How to Manage Our Money 2010
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Rural women in Mali use a financial system based on an ancient indigenous tradition called tontines or merry-go-rounds, with a few key 21st-century improvements.
Suzanne Skees: Africa's Poorest Women Can Teach Us How to Manage Our Money 2010
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Gone are the high, wooden-seat swings, merry-go-rounds, and teeter-totters that I played on when I was a kid.
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