reggae
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, ˈrā-\
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Look forward to a wide range of musical performances ranging in genre from jazz to reggae to acoustic rock to bluegrass and more. — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, "Taylor Swift, 'Star Wars' with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and other great events in Philadelphia, July 13-20," 12 July 2018 And take the Clarks Wallabee, associated with British Mods, Jamaican reggae, and Wu Tang. — Samuel Hine, GQ, "The Flyest Shoes in Fashion Right Now All Cost Less Than $200," 24 Apr. 2018 Three years ago, Baltimore Center Stage drew crowds to the world premiere of a musical about reggae star Bob Marley. — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore Center Stage celebrates the sounds of R&B record label in new production 'Soul: The Stax Musical'," 4 May 2018 Blue-collar immigrants from Europe, the South, and the Caribbean, including future reggae star Bob Marley, worked the assembly lines at the GM complex; their union paychecks sustained neighborhoods in Wilmington and its western suburbs. — Joseph N. Distefano, Philly.com, "Where steel and autos were made, builders plan warehouses for digital America," 13 Apr. 2018 More genre-hopping In the past, Twenty One Pilots have been known to genre-hop from track to track, blending various styles, including pop, reggae, rap and electronic, all in one album. — Alessandra Rincón, Billboard, "5 Things We Want From Twenty One Pilots' New Album," 6 July 2018 But, with friends around and reggae blasting, Jasmine turned it into a party. — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, "HGTV's Jasmine Roth Shows How Easy It Is To Make Wood Transfer Wall Art," 12 Oct. 2018 Hair tools drone on like white noise machines, a rack of sequined clothes is wheeled in, music that can be best described as reggae-ish? — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, "Bethenny Frankel Doesn't Need to Be Thanked. But She Wouldn't Mind a Little Gratitude From President Trump.," 14 Sep. 2018 Ahead of the World Cup, the Iranian reggae band Abjeez released a song in support of allowing women into soccer stadiums. — Amie Ferris-rotman, Washington Post, "‘Let us be free’: Iranian women mount protest over stadium ban at World Cup match," 15 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reggae.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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