English example sentences with "bread and circuses"

The Romans used bread and circuses to placate the underclasses.
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"Mary, history says that the Roman Empire had bread and circuses for the masses, but really it was a vast conspiracy by the Roman oligarchy to change the very structure of Latin itself. By using a method of 'pronounic decoupling', the implicit mechanisms of Latin were disengaged and its speakers were hardly ever able to understand each other. And that's why I got drunk last night," said Tom.
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The news media today puts the "circuses" in "bread and circuses".
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Governments know that to govern they have to give the people bread and circuses.
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