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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmied
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At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2026 -
But after the show’s debut, fans clambered for more.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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The focus for many Republicans has centered on his gun, an extraordinary argument that has scrambled the nation’s gun debate and sparked pushback from gun rights advocates.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2026
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Close friends Todd Spessert and Jason Young scrambled to see Kevin.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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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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Their original band artwork projected as a backdrop — cats at drum sets, birds holding guitars — as the campers bopped their heads and performed their original songs.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Point Loma Nazarene’s women’s basketball team improved to 14-4 and climbed back on top of the PacWest Conference standings with a 10-2 mark after beating Azusa Pacific (80-55) and contender Vanguard (59-57) last week.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Silver and platinum prices have also climbed alongside gold, reflecting broader investor interest in hard assets.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lock mode proved invaluable on loose climbs, Hill Descent took the stress out of steep drop-offs, and Auto seamlessly shuffled between two- and four-wheel drive as conditions changed.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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Key Background The ranks of the world’s wealthiest people have shuffled in recent months.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Experts questioned why the group of agents swarmed Good’s vehicle, why the officer who fired positioned himself in front of it, and whether the officer was in fact in danger of being hit given Good was turning her wheel away from him.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Trump administration officials and allies swarmed the airwaves to blame Pretti for his own death remarkably quickly.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Here, the Multimatic True Active Spool Valve dampers (TASV) pranced and pranged over bumps, dips and cracks.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Enjoying one of these moments free from scrutiny, the five-foot-five, stocky Smalls playfully picked up the captain’s distinctive floppy hat and pranced around the ship, imitating his mannerisms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Nov. 2025
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Dern strutted her stuff in a gown decorated with three-dimensional florals, as well as a pair of sleek sandals.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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Teigen strutted down the black-and-red carpet in black patent-leather D’Orsay pumps with dainty ankle straps.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Shimmied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmied. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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