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Word: romps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enjoyed plenty of court time last night, as Roby gave the entire squad a chance to revel in the romp over the Engineers. But right from the start, a couple of old favorites got the Crimson in gear...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Men Cagers Take MIT to School, 86-50 | 12/11/1985 | See Source »

...Crimson's top nine dropped only seven games en route to a romp over a Navy squad that was among the most improved teams in the East last year and returned stronger than ever, having lost no one to graduation...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Racquetmen Sink Navy, Soar to Another 9-0 Win | 12/6/1985 | See Source »

...yesterday's first playoff game, the referees shortened the game by approximately eight minutes because of the rain, but Cabot-North still managed to score on three of its five possessions in a 20-0 romp over the Flames at Soldiers Field...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Cabot-North, K-Land Advance | 11/13/1985 | See Source »

...closest match of the four was nonetheless a romp, with Smith walloping Susan Taylor...

Author: By John Zilcosky, | Title: Netwomen Smash Dartmouth; Princeton Next for Harvard | 5/3/1985 | See Source »

...perhaps more precisely, they adored Harrison and Colbert, who, at 77 and 81, may be the world's most accomplished practitioners of the all-but-lost art of amusing repartee and witty exit lines. Their last Broadway romp was The $ Kingfisher in 1978. "I go back to the age of Methuselah!" says Harrison, with what sounds like genuine pride. "When I first went to London to work in the '20s, I loved watching the great high-comedy actors of the period, like Gerald du Maurier. To my mind, they were the epitome of what acting is about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Rex Harrison: I Go Back to Methuselah! | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

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