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    merry-go-round
    [ noun ]
    1. a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)

    2. <noun.event>
      if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over
    3. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

    4. <noun.artifact>


    Merry-go-round \Mer"ry-go`-round"\, n.
    Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a
    group of seats in the shape of hobbyhorses or other fanciful
    animals, arranged in a circle on a platform that is rotated
    by a mechanical drive, often to the accompaniment of music;
    the seats often move up and down in synchrony with the
    rotation; -- called also {carousel}. It is employed primarily
    for the amusement of children, and is typically found at an
    amusement park.

    1. A good example is BR's highly profitable business moving coal from pits to power stations on so-called merry-go-round trains. The decline of rail freight in Britain mirrors the changing structure of British industry.
    2. They have had a lot of fun overspending other people's money and getting re-elected as a result, but it's time the merry-go-round stopped.
    3. There was not much meditation. One of the temples around the base of the bell-shaped golden pagoda even contained a small merry-go-round, with flashing lights and statues of Buddhas holding out bowls.
    4. "Here's a merry-go-round," says Bronislawa Fitak.
    5. He has already held discussions with UK institutions on supporting such an idea. Appeals to the UK government so far have been frustrated by a ceaseless merry-go-round of bureaucratic buck-passing, he says.
    6. In contrast, markets today are rearranged by the "marriage-divorce-remarriage merry-go-round."
    7. "We kill them, but the wind keeps blowing new ones in. It's kind of like a big merry-go-round." This year has been especially bad.
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