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surprisingly, his flighty, artistic sensibility and her no-nonsense practicality groove together rather well
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Recent Examples of grooved
The two stars grooved to classics facilitated by DJ D-Nice, as sister Phylicia Rashad and Jenifer Lewis cheered them on.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 17 Nov. 2025
Standing in a massive warehouse decked out with mood lighting, Bieber — dressed in a gray T-shirt — grooved along to the easygoing beat.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025
After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
—Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Okla Jones, Essence, 17 Nov. 2025
Standing in a massive warehouse decked out with mood lighting, Bieber — dressed in a gray T-shirt — grooved along to the easygoing beat.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 Nov. 2025
After a sacrifice bunt and Sears’ eighth strikeout — one shy of a season high — the 29-year-old left-hander grooved a middle-in sweeper for Blaine Crim to yank out to left, some 439 feet from the plate.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
With its signature grooved aluminum shell, Rimowa’s spinners are both a fashion statement and a piece of travel engineering.
—Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grooved
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The claim was filed in November in a UK High Court dealing with commercial issues by Libyan Foreign Bank, a unit of the Central Bank of Libya known as LFB, over loans taken out against a 2001 credit facility that Zimbabwe has allegedly failed to honor, court documents show.—
William Clowes,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bondi and Blanche filed a response arguing that Massie and Khanna do not have a legal basis for the request.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Lightly beat 1 large egg in a small bowl just until blended.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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For the short styles, custom wigs were blended with ostrich-feather accents for an airy, weightless texture.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Though Leo’s lyrics are raw and scribed with vigor and delivered with a backing choir that breaks down into soprano, alto, and tenor vibrato, the track feels too theatric and out of step sonically with the rest of the album.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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Instead of one community, which might be de- scribed as democratic, there appear separate and distinct communities that must be de- scribed as totalitarian.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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The total capital returned to shareholders as a % of the current market cap seems inversely correlated with growth expectations for reinvestments.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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After being touted as a potential answer to the defensive midfield problem of the time, coaches and front office members correlated his struggles with his late arrival.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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Joining him on the bench in street clothes will be Draymond Green, who was scratched with a back injury that Kerr said the Warriors were approaching similarly to Curry’s knee.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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White Abarrio — the 2025 Pegasus winner who was scratched on-track at the Breeders’ Cup last year and hadn’t run since — was one of the favorites for this race, and few thought the 7-year-old Skippylongstocking would have enough to get to the line first.—
Tim Reynolds,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Dress the Population Livia Fit and Flare Dress The crepe-like material, bateau neck, princess-seamed upper with cap sleeves, and flared skirt make this Dress the Population pick a classic that won’t go out of style.—
Cathy Nelson,
InStyle,
16 Jan. 2026
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The top is seamed at the sides to accentuate the rounded shape, which dips lower in back.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
19 Nov. 2025
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