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rowdy

[rou-dee] / ˈraʊ di /




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Sections packed with hundreds of rowdy, chanting, bare-chested fans have suddenly appeared at ballparks from St. Petersburg to Seattle, injecting a jolt of life into America’s famously hidebound pastime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

He spends chapters meditating on trauma and fatherhood, on periods of feeling spiritually adrift, on coming to love a “majestic” faith tradition while remaining connected to the rowdy evangelicals of his childhood.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Getting bodies in the room is also valuable as the hearings sometimes get rowdy.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

And if things get a bit rowdy and you think you'll get some resistance to saying goodbye, then you can do an Irish exit and slip away quietly.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Like a teacher who takes over a rowdy class, he sought to discipline the student he regarded as the principal troublemaker.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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