roughhouse

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Of course Betsie had always seemed older because she couldn’t run and roughhouse the way other children did.

From Literature

The class had developed such a reputation for roughhousing that some officers took to calling it “Fight Club,” Gage said.

From Los Angeles Times

There, he and friends would roughhouse in front yards, church playgrounds ... any place they could.

From Los Angeles Times

She is almost 4 years old and naturally playful — her caretakers have said she is witty and curious, and has proved to be an excellent climber and will even roughhouse a bit with other pandas.

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Her powers of observation miss nothing: roughhousing children, bickering adults, pets scampering underfoot.

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