house party
noun
: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)
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At a Los Angeles house party, an aspiring musician pursues her crush through a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty promises.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Prosecutors have described Read as a scorned lover who chose to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow after striking him with her SUV outside the house party.
—Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Prosecutors say Read backed into O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage after dropping him off at the home for a house party and then left him to die outside during a historic blizzard.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The show in Missouri marked the All-American Rejects’ fifth house party show.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025
Prosecutors have described Read as a scorned lover who chose to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow after striking him with her SUV outside the house party.
—Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
Prosecutors say Read backed into O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage after dropping him off at the home for a house party and then left him to die outside during a historic blizzard.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The show in Missouri marked the All-American Rejects’ fifth house party show.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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