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Recent Examples of kegger
The event was billed as a GOP candidate open mic kegger, according to the website for United Republicans Green Valley and Sahuarita.
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Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
Hours after her ex’s new girlfriend jumps her at a kegger in the woods, Erin’s body turns up in a nearby creek.
—Judy Berman, Time, 16 Apr. 2021
This mysterious liquid-to-solid transition is more like teenagers caught at a kegger: frozen exactly in place, with no order whatsoever.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2021
Even more cringeworthy are the exhumations of other ’80s and ’90s subcultures: pentagrams drawn on Trapper Keepers, unwieldy tubs of muscle powder, whiteboy ciphers drowning out Fugees CDs at backyard keggers in the ramifying burbs.
—New York Times, 3 Oct. 2019
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Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2022
Hours after her ex’s new girlfriend jumps her at a kegger in the woods, Erin’s body turns up in a nearby creek.
—Judy Berman, Time, 16 Apr. 2021
This mysterious liquid-to-solid transition is more like teenagers caught at a kegger: frozen exactly in place, with no order whatsoever.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2021
Even more cringeworthy are the exhumations of other ’80s and ’90s subcultures: pentagrams drawn on Trapper Keepers, unwieldy tubs of muscle powder, whiteboy ciphers drowning out Fugees CDs at backyard keggers in the ramifying burbs.
—New York Times, 3 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kegger
Noun
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Eli Drinkwitz’s Tigers opened their season with a blowout win over Central Arkansas.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Phillies held onto a considerable lead in the National League East division after the loss, but there were some reasons for concern after the blowout anyway.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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In the story, the father of Biel’s Chloe and Banks’ Nikki was a drunk who sobered up before his younger daughter Chloe was old enough to be aware of the worst of his behavior.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
26 May 2025
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But Nathalie is a drunk who has been in an abusive relationship with a violent man.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Uncle Sam has been on a spending bender and has a $2-trillion deficit to tame.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There’s also a huge drive for originality, for movies which are genre blenders, benders or flippers.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The jamboree still attracts some colorful characters who see in off-roading a chance to conquer the wild expanse.—
Ethan Wolin
Updated July 16,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2025
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Sparse attendances have blighted FIFA’s latest jamboree from the start, amid a distinct lack of interest from fans.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Its residents, who viewed the East African colony as a private pleasure ground without the laws of the motherland or obligations to the locals, became notorious for debauched parties, swinging orgies, and wild safaris.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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The film, which had been drawing tighter and tighter around Joe’s personal descent into madness and murder, now explodes into an orgy of violence.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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“Kegger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kegger. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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