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or boogey
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Recent Examples of boogie
Cruz, wearing a Santa hat, shimmied behind a boogieing Victoria, 51, clad in a form-fitting grey dress.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Summer is winding down in North Texas, but there’s still plenty of fun activities around the area for those looking to boogie over the weekend.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025
John Travolta With Pulp Fiction, John Travolta boogied his way back into pop culture relevance and onto his first of eight EW covers.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Curaçao August is great for: retro-minded music fans ready to boogie.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Summer is winding down in North Texas, but there’s still plenty of fun activities around the area for those looking to boogie over the weekend.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2025
John Travolta With Pulp Fiction, John Travolta boogied his way back into pop culture relevance and onto his first of eight EW covers.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Curaçao August is great for: retro-minded music fans ready to boogie.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
Verb
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This breathless, busy sci-fi adventure ram-jams through space, time and the past 50 years of popular cinema history as our characters bop from planet to planet, making various stops and side quests.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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The first summer Mike joined us for our annual pilgrimage to Watch Hill, Rhode Island—the last summer my dad was able to travel—the two of them spent hours bopping around the pastel-colored shops.—
Ashley Parker,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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While this is a luxury resort, expect your fellow guests to be dressed in snowpants and ski boots more often than not—don’t be shy to waltz through the lobby in your long johns.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Which was why, at the very end, when Gordon tuned in on the wireless to a dance band and Robert was supposed to waltz Olwyn about the room, Stella had no patience with St Ives’s reaction to Geoffrey’s ten-second delay in putting on the gramophone record.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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Eliminating even more discomfort by only having one cord to tango with is a win for me.—
Carin Ryan,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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Debicki's character brings up the events of the first movie, wherein Cliff and Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton — the Hollywood actor Cliff doubled for on screen — tangoed with the Manson Family.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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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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Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is where the city stages its daily open-air show — street artists sketching portraits, fortune-tellers shuffling cards and musicians playing for appreciative crowds.—
Lauren Schuster,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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From flocked wallcovering in my bathroom, to shag carpet in my bedroom, to the ribbed velvet corduroy sofa in the den, texture was everywhere.—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
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At Baylor, players shag their own balls.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Instead, find something that does jive with you—whether that’s yoga class, power lifting, or pickleball—and allow your resulting delight to radiate.—
Outside,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Barring a full and complete meltdown in those 11 games, the idea that the Leafs should just give up on the season still doesn’t jive for me.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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My favorite way to work a Texas rig is jigging it.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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There’s nothing more fun than dropping a bait or artificial lure down and vertically jigging.—
Harry Spampinato,
Outside,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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