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Recent Examples of jitterbugPatrons could summon up Ellington for a coin and start jitterbugging.—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020 Patti jitterbugging to a Les Paul and Mary Ford record.—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020 Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020 Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.—Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017 See All Example Sentences for jitterbug
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Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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.
To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
There are several methods to get rid of mice, besides adopting a cat or employing Little Bunny Foo Foo to bop them on the head, of course.
Recent trends in kitchen designs have focused on creating spaces that jive with open floor plans, which often requires reducing visual and physical clutter.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
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.
The Seahawks might need to do more shuffling ahead of their Week 6 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Restyle Soft Goods Soft goods like accent pillows, throw blankets, and even curtains can be easily shuffled around to refresh your space, Reinhard says.
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