barn burner
noun
: one that arouses much interest or excitement
the game should be a real barn burner
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The game should be a real barn burner.
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At another Trump barn burner, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson digressed into a lengthy pornographic reverie about a father spanking his daughter.
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
That’s never happened before in NFL history! 20d ago / 7:22 PM PDT
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The Packers answer with another touchdown
Rohan Nadkarni
A barn burner in Brazil.
—NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
Our job is to cover the immediate past in full, living color, whether the contest is a barn burner or a rout.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The first WrestleMania main event between two Black performers is a barn burner.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
That’s never happened before in NFL history! 20d ago / 7:22 PM PDT
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The Packers answer with another touchdown
Rohan Nadkarni
A barn burner in Brazil.
—NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
Our job is to cover the immediate past in full, living color, whether the contest is a barn burner or a rout.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The first WrestleMania main event between two Black performers is a barn burner.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Barn burner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barn%20burner. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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