rumpus
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The unexpected rumpus took place on Feb. 23 at the Thornton Beach Recreation Area when the young boy was taking a riding lesson on a horse from Ocean View Stables.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
As we've talked about, there are fears another leadership rumpus could do more harm than good after all the travails they've already had.
From BBC • May 4, 2024
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
Billy was working on this letter in the basement rumpus room of his empty house.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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