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as in anarchical
not restrained by or under the control of legal authority
disorderly mobs roamed the streets after the fall of the city
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as in chaotic
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
disorderly piles of clothes on various tables about the room
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He was released on bond after paying $500 on the disorderly intoxication charge and $150 on the trespassing charge.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
Anyone hosting or attending a dance in the community could face arrest on disorderly misconduct and trespassing charges, according to the documents.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
The arrest came two months after he was arrested in Florida on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing on a property after a warning.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
Weeks was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
Anyone hosting or attending a dance in the community could face arrest on disorderly misconduct and trespassing charges, according to the documents.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
The arrest came two months after he was arrested in Florida on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing on a property after a warning.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
Weeks was charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
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The offense is stagnant, the defense is chaotic, and the chemistry is non-existent.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The next few years for Spears were, well, chaotic, to say the least.James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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According to a criminal complaint, Smith was at the bar and parked in a Taco Bell parking lot.Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
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He is charged with murder and participation in a criminal street gang.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Cleaning it out can be a messy and hand-cramping process, so enlist the help of some power tools to help get the job done much faster.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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My brother also joked about a secret anti-list for their kids to avoid getting terribly messy or noisy toys.Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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In truth, the school did not have a category, much less a scene, for the kind of man Heff was becoming: an old-school, rebellious beat.Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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Directed by Jason Reitman, the film depicts the rebellious group of writers and performers who helped create a comedy institution that has defied all predictions by enduring on NBC for half a century.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Deutsch argued that the countries of the North Atlantic region offered the most advanced form of this effort to dampen and even eliminate the anarchic causes of war.Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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And compounding all this is a breakdown of public order among this starving and desperate population, with anarchic fights over food turning deadly.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 July 2017
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
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Tatman was left confused after her procedure and wanted to know if other people had experienced the same thing.Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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What Berger manages to do is expertly convince the audience that these cardinals are more human than holy by creating stunning images of robed holy figures chain smoking cigarettes, scrolling on their smartphones and being overall morally confused.Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Trimming back your forsythia yearly can help prevent its unruly spread.Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Federal Aviation Administration has referred 43 unruly passengers to the FBI this year alone, with the regulatory body passing along 310 of the most serious cases—which can involve assaulting a flight attendant or passenger—to the FBI since 2021.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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