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The much-ballyhooed return to power football was a rip-roaring success for at least one week as the Crimson Tide was dominant and efficient on both sides of the football.
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2023
For all the unease about Ukraine, a Gallup Poll this month found that Putin has a rip-roaring 5 percent approval rating among Americans.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
For the first time ever, Black Western athletes took center stage at the Portland Expo Center on Saturday, as the Eight Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo brought an evening full of buckin’ broncos, rip-roaring barrel racing and junior roping lessons to more than 2,500 rodeo enthusiasts.
—oregonlive, 18 June 2023
Alexander Stille’s rip-roaring The Sullivanians tells the shocking story of a commune in the most unlikely of places.
—Town & Country, 13 June 2023
With an intense dramedy and a rip-roaring high school comedy under their belts, what would the pair consider tackling next?
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 May 2023
This rip-roaring tale from writer Christopher Yost and artist Marcus To perfectly captures the High Evolutionary’s charming megalomania.
—Joe George, menshealth.com, 6 May 2023
Many Fed officials have admitted that they themselves are baffled by the current economic readout: Data signal a rip-roaring labor market, high home prices and strong US consumers but the decline in inflation has stalled and prices remain elevated.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2023
For all the unease about Ukraine, a Gallup Poll this month found that Putin has a rip-roaring 5 percent approval rating among Americans.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
For the first time ever, Black Western athletes took center stage at the Portland Expo Center on Saturday, as the Eight Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo brought an evening full of buckin’ broncos, rip-roaring barrel racing and junior roping lessons to more than 2,500 rodeo enthusiasts.
—oregonlive, 18 June 2023
Alexander Stille’s rip-roaring The Sullivanians tells the shocking story of a commune in the most unlikely of places.
—Town & Country, 13 June 2023
With an intense dramedy and a rip-roaring high school comedy under their belts, what would the pair consider tackling next?
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 May 2023
This rip-roaring tale from writer Christopher Yost and artist Marcus To perfectly captures the High Evolutionary’s charming megalomania.
—Joe George, menshealth.com, 6 May 2023
Many Fed officials have admitted that they themselves are baffled by the current economic readout: Data signal a rip-roaring labor market, high home prices and strong US consumers but the decline in inflation has stalled and prices remain elevated.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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rip-roaring
adjective
rip-roar·ing
ˈrip-ˈrōr-iŋ,
-ˈrȯr-
: noisily excited or exciting
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