house party
noun
: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)
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The defense blames a third party for O’Keefe’s death
The defense is expected to portray the investigation into O’Keefe’s death as shoddy and undermined by the close relationship investigators had with the police officers and other law enforcement agents who were at the house party.
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
On April 25, 2008, Barco opened fire on a house party crowd in Colorado Springs, striking a 19-year-old, who was five months pregnant at the time, in the leg, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Like any good house party, as many high schoolers can attest, the scene was a little chaotic, noisy and free flowing, in more ways than one.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Basheer Vinson, 30, is accused of firing gunshots at two men outside a house party on Long Island nearly five years ago.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
On April 25, 2008, Barco opened fire on a house party crowd in Colorado Springs, striking a 19-year-old, who was five months pregnant at the time, in the leg, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Like any good house party, as many high schoolers can attest, the scene was a little chaotic, noisy and free flowing, in more ways than one.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025
Basheer Vinson, 30, is accused of firing gunshots at two men outside a house party on Long Island nearly five years ago.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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