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as in stepped
to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music
she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands
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as in darted
to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements
the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent
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Recent Examples of danced
Inside the iconic Cuban bar turned Scottish hotspot, the Tartan Army hollered as dancers dressed in green and yellow feather headdresses danced on top of the Ball & Chain bar.
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Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Music in Arabic blasted throughout the space as visitors clapped and danced to the rhythm, and children crowded a tiny indoor soccer field built to commemorate the occasion.
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Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The crowd of 68,777, which was overwhelmingly pro-Netherlands, danced and cheered as music played while waiting for the all-clear to exit Houston Stadium – FIFA’s name for the stadium that is home to the Houston Texans and known to NFL fans as NRG Stadium.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
People danced as musicians performed in the park, and crafty designers showed off their work.
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Sophia Buonpane,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
In the 1990s, Long Beach danced with Disney over plans — eventually aborted — to build a $2 billion theme park on the site of the Queen Mary.
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Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau danced in the front row seats down from former Vice President Kamala Harris (though his partner Katy Perry was not in attendance).
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Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Karl-Anthony Towns hoisted the Eastern Conference championship trophy and a cigar on top of a parade bus while Mamdani danced.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
With thousands of dejected Spain supporters trudging past, fans of the Blue Sharks danced in celebration as supporters of other countries high fived and embraced them.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Music in Arabic blasted throughout the space as visitors clapped and danced to the rhythm, and children crowded a tiny indoor soccer field built to commemorate the occasion.
—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The crowd of 68,777, which was overwhelmingly pro-Netherlands, danced and cheered as music played while waiting for the all-clear to exit Houston Stadium – FIFA’s name for the stadium that is home to the Houston Texans and known to NFL fans as NRG Stadium.
—
ABC News,
20 June 2026
People danced as musicians performed in the park, and crafty designers showed off their work.
—
Sophia Buonpane,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
In the 1990s, Long Beach danced with Disney over plans — eventually aborted — to build a $2 billion theme park on the site of the Queen Mary.
—
Deputy Managing Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau danced in the front row seats down from former Vice President Kamala Harris (though his partner Katy Perry was not in attendance).
—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Karl-Anthony Towns hoisted the Eastern Conference championship trophy and a cigar on top of a parade bus while Mamdani danced.
—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
With thousands of dejected Spain supporters trudging past, fans of the Blue Sharks danced in celebration as supporters of other countries high fived and embraced them.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for danced
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But Chapman inadvertently stepped on Gelof’s right hand as the second baseman was applying the tag with his glove hand.
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Recently, however, the Grammy-winning artist has stepped away from the bespoke hairstyle to embrace a more natural look — a decision inspired by his 14-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, and his father, Adnis Reeves.
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My eyes darted back and forth, trying to grasp the imposing silhouette in its entirety.
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After a weekend in the city with his fiancée, Kelce darted over to Los Angeles with his brother Jason to host a live taping of New Heights at the Orpheum Theatre on Monday, June 12.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar strutted in the purple platform boots of the fashionable and upbeat Daphne Blake in both live-action Scooby-Doo flicks.
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The 53-year-old model strutted her stuff in Miami Beach, Florida wearing a set of equally stunning one-piece swimsuits.
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Western whiptails flitted across the trail and onto rocks.
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Brands may be gearing up for a European summer, but over the past couple of months, many European luxury labels — and with them, brand executives, fashion journalists, and VICs — have flitted between the coasts of the United States.
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After about 10 minutes of sitting frozen in place, the seven-year-old shuffled out of the room with his mother, sister and grandmother.
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The outsize failings of the men in power demand a grand reimagining of the consequences of those failings, and Helen of Nowhere offers up, exhilaratingly and naughtily, a myth for the man who needs to be shuffled offstage one way or another.
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Dozens of butterflies, likely variable checkerspots with hints of yellow and red on their wings, fluttered all around.
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Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted.
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Much like the Snicko technology used in cricket, broadcasters could even show a graphic illustrating the precise moment that Isak had flicked the ball on.
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The next batter in Grahm Hutton flicked a chopper to third base and Harrington went on contact.
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“Danced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/danced. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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