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rowdy

[rau-dee] / ˈraʊ di /




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On a rowdy New York night, Benjamin Bonzi had match point for a straight-set win against Medvedev in the first round when a photographer inexplicably walked on to court between his first and second serves.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Usually the bar is a rowdy reprieve filled with sweaty bodies and pounding bass lines, with Lo situated behind the DJ decks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Still, the normally rowdy opposition benches of Westminster remained quiet while Miliband read his remarks directly off the sheets of paper in front of him.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

It’s a rowdy U.S.-Canada border war—in bass fishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The boys dove into the rowdy throng of the entertainment district.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

On an August night in the same year, rowdies racing a big red car through downtown scattered pedestrians, and half a dozen policemen “tried in vain to stop it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

The vast majority of fraternity members are not the drunk rowdies characterized by the movie “Animal House”; in fact, they are serious students and well-behaved gentlemen.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

His character was a wild man, but unlike Jim Belushi or Chris Farley, other rowdies with contagious presence, Galifianakis’ performance was shot through with pure weirdness.

From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2016

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

I gathered up my skirts, pushed through Traft’s rowdies and hurried outside.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

But there was far less focus on the even rowdier world of “dating” shows aimed at young men.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025

South by Southwest has carved out a specific niche for itself on the festival circuit, a little rowdier and more spirited than the likes of Sundance or Cannes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

The new Chloe Moriondo album, “Suckerpunch,” is jubilantly chaotic — the production leans much further into hyperpop muscle than her previous work, and her songwriting is rowdier and looser.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022

The party will only get rowdier once the playoffs start.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

Then, for the rest of the ride, the rowdier kids snored loudly.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Nebraska’s arena has become one of the rowdiest barns in the Big Ten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

One of the rowdiest young showmen in rap, Houston’s new champion delivers rough-and-tumble Tejano tales with the sweaty panache of Bun B and Paul Wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

Should the Marlins need a tip or two on how to win a postseason game in Philadelphia in front of one of the loudest, rowdiest atmospheres in baseball, they can just ask their manager.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2023

The two had a cordial interaction at Mr. Biden’s raucous State of the Union address, shaking hands and smiling at each other — at one point, the speaker appeared to shush the rowdiest members.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

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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