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or boogey
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Recent Examples of boogie
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The biggest names in the industry boogied down the Grammys red carpet at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena in fierce fashions hitting high notes and the cloth version of a crescendo.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
And then there was the shot of Donna Kelce boogieing on the stage.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Even fans who walked to their seats couldn’t help but boogie down the arena stairs and two-step shuffle along the floor.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 9 June 2024
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The biggest names in the industry boogied down the Grammys red carpet at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena in fierce fashions hitting high notes and the cloth version of a crescendo.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
And then there was the shot of Donna Kelce boogieing on the stage.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Even fans who walked to their seats couldn’t help but boogie down the arena stairs and two-step shuffle along the floor.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 9 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
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Dress it up with heels for an evening out, or pair it with sneakers and bop around town in style.—
Elaina Verhoff,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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He was known for throwing from the stage with incredible accuracy one of his sticks, bopping people on the head.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Spain waltzed through qualification with no team in League A picking up more points or scoring more goals.—
Darren Richman,
New York Times,
2 July 2025
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Footage filmed by an audience member shows the 18-time Grammy nominee, real name Austin Richard Post, waltzing up toward the edge of the stage holding up a red Solo cup and leaning down to toast with the fan filming Saturday in Glendale.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
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Florida’s 18-year-old sophomore arrived this month after a season at Arkansas ready to tango with fellow transfer Xaivian Lee of Princeton sure to have the Gators dancing again in March.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.—
Gloria Steinem,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2024
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Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.—
Noah Schaffer,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 Aug. 2023
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Prosecutors alleged Kelsey illegally shuffled money from his state senate campaigin committee to his federal campaign.—
Melissa Brown,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Each of these had a variable number of lithium atoms at each of the corners of these structures, and molecular simulations showed that lithium ions could readily move between these locations, allowing the material to shuffle ions around rapidly.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Larry Bowa still remembers the two kids, sons of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, shagging fly balls in the outfield at the old Veterans Stadium.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Iglesias said shagged in the outfield the last few days in case he’d be needed.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the back bay especially, vertically jigging these lures around bridge pilings and across channels can be deadly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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