Our friends converted their 400-person reception hall wedding into a spirited dance party at their home, with small groups of well-wishers, each small enough to fit into their bomb shelter, taking turns reveling.
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Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
The team were meek in defeat, but after a weekend carousing and communing in central London, Newcastle fans arrived at Wembley with a collective hangover.
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George Caulkin,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
But that doesn’t add much beyond three crusty Báthory ancestors carousing drunkenly in their coffins.
After thousands of Iranian demonstrators were killed in a January crackdown, Shima Razavi Gacek wanted to keep alive her family's favorite springtime holiday traditions but didn't feel like throwing her annual house party with a roaring bonfire ahead of Nowruz -- the Persian New Year.
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AMY TAXIN,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
After disastrous finish to the regular season, the Horns are roaring into the NCAA field of 64.
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Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
All along the far side of the canyon, a cluster of dots began to wink on, like fireflies cavorting in a field.
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New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
The outcome was one few anticipated, with Gray Davis romping to victory in the Democratic primary, then winning the governorship in a landslide.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Trump and Republicans last year aggressively ramped up policies favorable to fossil fuels after romping to an electoral victory in 2024 on a promise to lower the cost of living, including by quelling gas prices.
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