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From beating the mighty Oklahoma Sooners in overtime in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl to waltzing deep into SEC country and defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in the Georgia Dome, the Broncos rarely shied away from a challenge.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Dec. 2025 -
Playing against a Bulls defense ranked near the bottom of the league in most defensive categories, the Warriors waltzed into open jump shots and layups for most of the night.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Surrender instead to wines that tango with oysters gratinéed with butter and garlic.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Nov. 2025
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Here’s what to watch for. Nov. 1: Moon Nears Saturn and Neptune The moon and Saturn will tango together through the night sky Nov. 1-2, with Neptune (visible by telescope) hanging out alongside them.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Nov. 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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However, a Rat-L-Trap can also be jigged vertically, which has a lot of application in saltwater.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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The K-pop boy band Cortis arrived with an entourage of handlers and bopped around to their own music; the trance DJ Armin van Buuren got stony-serious on the topic of his new, piano-only album.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty bring crackling wit and easy chemistry to a mismatched pair bopping between boroughs.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
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Even with my winter boots and sturdy soles, caution dictates a short stride, a shuffling gait end eyes riveted to the slippery ground.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
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First, the sophomore shuffled back into coverage after showing A-gap pressure to intercept a Bryce Underwood pass over the middle of the field, ending a key fourth-quarter drive.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Jan. 2026
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It’s dressed with a vintage phone, a stack of throwback Playboy magazines, a mirrored top, and an orange ’70s shag rug on the second tier.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
9 Dec. 2025
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There would be no throws, no fly balls shagged, no grounders fielded.—
Ben Watanabe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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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
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“Gavotte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavotte. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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