readies

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, we’re over here in Seattle looking like we’re roadies for Pavement making this very unhip, but very earnest music.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

"We were, we were four guys with eight amplifiers, a drum kit and a sound system. That was it. We turn up in a U-Haul truck and three roadies would suit us for the night."

From Reuters • Apr. 14, 2022

Bat boys, clubbies and their ball boy and ball girl brethren are support staff, like rock-n-roll roadies or key grips on a movie set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2021

It's what inspired him to start his own band, Knifes, with fellow roadies Warren Johnson and Brian Diaz.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2020

He and his manager found an out-of-the-way spot on one side of the platform as the roadies and producers got things rolling.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge