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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Lord, 16, was beaten by a group outside of a Halloween house party in Queen Creek on Oct. 28 and left on the street.
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Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Coles, a standout student and captain of the football team at North Shore High School, was killed in a shooting at a house party in Humble, Texas on March 9.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
After many years as Max’s caregiver while mom Kristine works to pay the bills, Doris just wants to be a normal teenager: Learn to drive, throw a house party.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
Cervantes and his friend, 24-year-old Amber Khan from Tustin, left a house party and had been standing next to a car for a few minutes when the hit-and-run happened, said Khan.
—Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
Trainor and Sabara initially met at a house party in 2014 and began dating years later, after being set up by Chloë Grace Moretz.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
He was accused of being part of two Goon attacks: one at a Gilbert In-N-Out Burger in December 2022 and another at a Gilbert house party in November 2022.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
The Goons would record their blitz-style attacks in parks, parking garages, outside fast-food restaurants and at house parties.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
The plan: score enough alcohol to inebriate a house party full of teens and convince their crushes to sleep with them.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
Coles, a standout student and captain of the football team at North Shore High School, was killed in a shooting at a house party in Humble, Texas on March 9.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
After many years as Max’s caregiver while mom Kristine works to pay the bills, Doris just wants to be a normal teenager: Learn to drive, throw a house party.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
Cervantes and his friend, 24-year-old Amber Khan from Tustin, left a house party and had been standing next to a car for a few minutes when the hit-and-run happened, said Khan.
—Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
Trainor and Sabara initially met at a house party in 2014 and began dating years later, after being set up by Chloë Grace Moretz.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
He was accused of being part of two Goon attacks: one at a Gilbert In-N-Out Burger in December 2022 and another at a Gilbert house party in November 2022.
—Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
The Goons would record their blitz-style attacks in parks, parking garages, outside fast-food restaurants and at house parties.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
The plan: score enough alcohol to inebriate a house party full of teens and convince their crushes to sleep with them.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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