rowdy
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That his rowdy co-workers think he sucks at it is worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
To survive, it’s trying a rowdy, adults-only solution.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Edwards declared she loved Scottish crowds for being rowdy, as fans serenaded her with chants of "no Scotland no party" on the main stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Up next was Haaland, playing before a rowdy audience in Foxborough, Mass., which had charmed the locals with Norway’s row-the-boat celebration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The boys dove into the rowdy throng of the entertainment district.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Reid, once a season ticket holder, is not one of the rowdies, and he feels the perception is overblown.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
To get out of trouble, a hotshot lawyer opts for community service coaching rowdies in peewee hockey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
The other idols of those prelapsarian Mets, the rowdies who won it all in ’86, remain staples of New York media, their successes lionized and their sins reconstrued as locker-room foibles.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2020
The happy band of Muppets on "Sesame Street" has faced the sort of hot spotlight you might expect for the rowdies of "Jersey Shore."
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2012
The car of rowdies hoot and holler their approval.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
He also warned the US hosts about the rowdier aspects of football support.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
But there was far less focus on the even rowdier world of “dating” shows aimed at young men.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
Mr. Paden didn’t mind — a crowd is a crowd — though sometimes he seemed to miss the rowdier old days.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Sarah-Mae: After watching “Eras” at 6 p.m. with an audience largely made up of middle schoolers, we opted for an 8 p.m. showing at the U-District AMC, thinking it might draw a rowdier crowd.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
The men are getting rowdier; more than half are on their feet.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Nebraska’s arena has become one of the rowdiest barns in the Big Ten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
A venue that was among the rowdiest in the nation more than a decade ago during the program’s Big East power years has had more of a library-like feel in recent years.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Even the rowdiest live acts seemed to know that this festival was going to be a crucible for good behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
She parred a hole with a PGA Tour player at the rowdiest hole in golf, shining in the moment instead of shrinking under the pressure.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
Among the rowdiest people of all were gangs of boys, teenaged and younger, who at last had their chance to defy authority.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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