shindig
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Importantly for all those planning a shindig, the balloon inflates as easily as a conventional one.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
At last year’s shindig, my friend Chet created a refreshing spritz without any of the cloying sweetness of Aperol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Swifties and their ideological opposites have both been Monday-morning quarterbacking last weekend’s shindig, accepting even the weirdest bad-faith gossip without question.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
A clip from the shindig featured the “Wicked City” actor giving a speech in which he thanked the guests for joining them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
They told me that they was some sort of shindig at Mr. Hardwick's to-night.
From The Power and the Glory by Arthur Ignatius Keller
These are the norms for social engagement on college campuses today—from sober monitors and consent ambassadors, to strict requirements and paperwork to throw campus shindigs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Twelve detectives and half a million pounds later, we know the police looked into 12 shindigs, 345 documents and more than 500 photographs.
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
There was hope for a grand reopening party, as we all emerged from lockdown and started going to restaurants and throwing shindigs again.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
Usually cameras are trained on the celebrities at such shindigs but with the new HBO Max series “The Event,” they have captured the cooks and servers toiling behind the scenes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
Like I said, we meet the best people through the Templetons, who have divine shindigs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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