rumpus
Example Sentences
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The court heard that she told police: "Kate told me he tried to get up the night before, and she tried to stop him. Ian had said 'leave me alone or I'll cause a rumpus'."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024
As the characters in a Coen Brothers movie might say: What’s the rumpus?
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2023
At the center of the rumpus is the confrontational enthusiast Nicholas Reeves, 66, who shares a home near Oxford, England, with a nameless house cat.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
Sometimes, they have to do with the people in control of it all, but when that happens, the magnates are rarely encouraging the rumpus.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021
But Leslie had other problems at Lark Creek that caused more of a rumpus than lack of money.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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Bridge to Terabithia
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