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Recent Examples of boogie
Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.
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Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
On Hudson's show, guests are invited to boogie their way down a hallway backstage, dubbed the spirit tunnel, while staffers clap and chant for them.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a slight chance Michael could still boogie down the road toward the end of this year for awards season; that isn’t out of the question.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
On Hudson's show, guests are invited to boogie their way down a hallway backstage, dubbed the spirit tunnel, while staffers clap and chant for them.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a slight chance Michael could still boogie down the road toward the end of this year for awards season; that isn’t out of the question.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
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Perry bopped through 80 shows in a nearly two-year residency in Las Vegas that ended in 2022.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
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In the evening, guests bop between the several bars on board, which play host to various musicians, who do classical, piano-bar standards, and revues of pop hits.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
30 July 2025
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Downfield, Isaiah Simmons, Isaiah Dunn and Johnathan Baldwin all got stuck on blocks and Smartt waltzed into the endzone.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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At one point during Bertha’s ball, Gladys waltzes in her newfound bliss with the Duke.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2025
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Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 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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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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Nissan has shuffled its EV plans in recent years, scrapping the timeline for bringing electric U.S.-made sedans to market and pushing back the launch of the Leaf toward the end of this year.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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My shortlist of 50 wouldn’t have shuffled Braid, Celeste, or Terraria to this section, but, y’know, different strokes.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Rivera, who always loved to shag flyballs during his playing days, hurt himself while manning center field during a Willie Randolph at-bat.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Rivera suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in May 2012 while shagging fly balls in batting practice in Kansas City, Mo.—
Larry Fleisher,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 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 27 Aug. 2025.
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