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Recent Examples of shimmy
Knight mocked Diddy for inserting his ad-libs on Bad Boy artists’ songs and shimmying throughout their videos.
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
The trendy Cannes crowd who pack out the private parties up in the hills above the Croisette would have had fun shimmying to a West African beat.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Yet strangely, the killer robot girl who shimmied and stabbed her way into our hearts is defanged and watered down in her return.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all in their 30s, shimmied with a homemade raft through hidden holes in their cell walls, climbed through a ventilation duct onto the roof and shoved off from the island fortress into the freezing, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
The trendy Cannes crowd who pack out the private parties up in the hills above the Croisette would have had fun shimmying to a West African beat.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Yet strangely, the killer robot girl who shimmied and stabbed her way into our hearts is defanged and watered down in her return.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, all in their 30s, shimmied with a homemade raft through hidden holes in their cell walls, climbed through a ventilation duct onto the roof and shoved off from the island fortress into the freezing, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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Respect the bluffs: The unstable bluffs are still actively eroding, so don’t clamber around them, which will expedite the process and disturb the natural habitat.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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The 130-year-old Czech brand, part of the Volkswagen Group, clambered above mainstays like Peugeot, Citroen, Opel and Ford to sit in third place in year-to-date sales to the end of June according to both JATO Dynamics and automobile industry body EMEA.—
Michael Taylor,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.—
The Christian Science Monitor,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Aug. 2022
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The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests.—
DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer,
NOLA.com,
25 Jan. 2021
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Now that you're amped up for that John Hughes triple feature, why not boogie down with Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo for a few minutes to this eternal earworm?—
Jordan Hoffman Updated,
EW.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Curaçao August is great for: retro-minded music fans ready to boogie.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
26 May 2025
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Alternatively, continue holding boat pose with your knees bent and shins parallel to the ground (rather than straightening your legs until your body is in a V-shape).—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
17 July 2025
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But fewer than a dozen have been recorded making the trek on a prone paddle, where racers lay flat or balanced on their knees and shins using their arms and hands to paddle.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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There’s more pressing current affairs to attend to right now, and hell, there’s a new Lorde album to bop to.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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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.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Parish skins the leg quarters — frying up the exteriors for cracklins — and smokes them before a three-hour confit.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Morgan’s mother, who could skin a deer in two minutes with nothing more than a golf ball and a piece of string, held the business together.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
24 July 2025
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The world’s most valuable digital currency had climbed to roughly $124,380 around 8:30 p.m. EST, according to Coinbase data from TradingView.—
Charles Lloyd Bovaird II,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As interest continues to climb, Snow Capped Cider offers cider lovers a chance to stay connected through a new cider club.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Downfield, Isaiah Simmons, Isaiah Dunn and Johnathan Baldwin all got stuck on blocks and Smartt waltzed into the endzone.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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At one point during Bertha’s ball, Gladys waltzes in her newfound bliss with the Duke.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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