riotous
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“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
Parrish told ProPublica she had collected evidence that “shows ongoing and persistent activity” outside the facility that under statute and police directive “would be considered riotous, unlawful assembly and/or disorderly conduct.”
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2025
To attendees, it is a riotous holiday event.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
In less than three hours, Dr. Halloween and his crew of eight will transform the broad front yard of this Fillmore Street home into a riotous Halloween fun house.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025
It was surging from below like a riotous crowd, raging, frothing and boiling.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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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