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Recent Examples of rip-roaring Nebraska may not be as widely popular as Springsteen's rip-roaring hit albums like Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A., but it has often been hailed by critics as some of his best work. Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025 All your burning questions about the final installment of the rip-roaring South Korean survival saga, answered. Radhika Seth, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025 The studio system had the means, the talent, and the will to make big, expensive, rip-roaring tales set in the past, featuring stars like Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn and Charlton Heston. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024 Lord John, who also copes by getting rip-roaring drunk, refuses to let Claire mourn Jamie alone. Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024 And the holiday shopping season — including the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend — poses an opportunity for the company to capitalize further on its rip-roaring momentum. Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 The original Twister had about eight rip-roaring tornadoes, enough to float a cow and tumble houses for Jo and Bill to drive through. Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2024 Her producer — a manic sleaze played by a rip-roaring Dennis Quaid — decides to go in a different direction with the show. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024 While Gryffin was dropping the beats on Twin Peaks, The Killers were rip-roaring their way through their own headlining set on the festival’s largest stage — Lands End. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rip-roaring
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  • An El Dorado Hills home that nearly set a residential sales record at $7 million is no longer on the market, but a new opportunity awaits just two miles away with an even more breathtaking view of Folsom Lake — at a fraction of the price.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Some purists see voice-over as a crutch, but this feels like an excellent example of that technique done right, adding depth that Edgerton’s largely wordless performance and the breathtaking cinematography could not achieve without it.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Moreover, with Uranus stationing direct — in your committed seventh house of relationships and commitments — there could be exciting new developments or unexpected shifts in your approach to others or within the foundation of a close relationship.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The coming years will undoubtedly bring exciting developments as Titans and similar architectures are refined and applied to a wide range of challenges in AI and beyond.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 2-6 7-5 in a thrilling Australian Open women’s final.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Yet that battle of wills concluded with a thrilling forehand winner from Keys—who instantly burst into tears.
    Vogue, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • Historians said these denarii are particularly interesting because of their role in spreading the emperor’s propaganda message of his holiness and connection to the church, according to the museum.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The engine in question is a prototype that is producing some interesting results, such as appearing to create thrust when there was no reason for this to happen – and thereby violating Newton's Third Law of Motion.
    Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • More intriguing will be how each player uses their new affinity for the other’s calling card, as an efficient winning machine and a great showman meet — just not in the way tennis fans would have expected.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Star pitcher Roki Sasaki ended the suspense of the most intriguing free agency of the offseason.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Rip-roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rip-roaring. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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