riotous
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The teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour and has since been released on bail.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
That left Derbyshire on 108-9 and a chaotic misunderstanding between Abbas and Zak Chappell resulted in the latter being run out for five to end the game and spark riotous Lancashire celebrations.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“Egg nog is kind of like me — it’s not for everyone, but the people who like it are my kind of people,” he said to riotous applause.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025
But in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” his riotous narrative inspired by his boyhood yuletides in the 1920s, Dylan Thomas serves up a dissenting version of the holiday as a merry mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Courtney whispers something in Jupiter’s ear, and she tosses her head back in riotous laughter.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
Vocabulary lists containing riotous
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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