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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
And while not as much of a crazed scene as the 2019 event, where a menagerie of Dem candidates vied for stage-time as the partiers shimmied shoulder to shoulder, Friday night's event was still high-energy.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 31 May 2025
Rabanne’s signature metal mesh seems in its element as Brazilian funk dancers shimmy their shoulders and flick their feet at lightning speed.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Charli xcx, Addison Rae, and Emily Ratajkowski have hit the beach in their bikinis, while Bella Hadid and FKA twigs have shimmied into their sets.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
And while not as much of a crazed scene as the 2019 event, where a menagerie of Dem candidates vied for stage-time as the partiers shimmied shoulder to shoulder, Friday night's event was still high-energy.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 31 May 2025
Rabanne’s signature metal mesh seems in its element as Brazilian funk dancers shimmy their shoulders and flick their feet at lightning speed.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Charli xcx, Addison Rae, and Emily Ratajkowski have hit the beach in their bikinis, while Bella Hadid and FKA twigs have shimmied into their sets.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
Verb
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Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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As Matthew, a retail drone who manages to clamber his way into the inner circle of a rising pop star named Oliver (Archie Madekwe), Pellerin leans forcefully into the latter.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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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During every chemotherapy cycle, 30 minutes before the medication is administered, the wraps are placed on the patient’s forearms and shins to begin the cooling process.—
Joanna Goodrich,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 May 2025
Verb
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According to onlookers, the Wicked star was bopping along the entire set.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The first violins unfurl a lilting, lightly bopping tune in D minor.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Candice and Glenn sent Parker and Madison to wash off their swamp smell, then did the dirty work of prepping and skinning the frogs.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fans headed to Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs’ home opener against the Philadelphia Eagles will need to dress for the heat, as temperatures will climb to around 92 degrees during the game.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the decade, vaccination rates climbed to nearly 90%, and the CDC estimates that the program has prevented more than a million deaths in children born since then.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Values, like the cars themselves, are all over the map, and today an early oval-window car can ascend well above $150,000 in concours condition, with a car in good condition worth $35,000 or more.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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But this showdown which needs no hype is ascending a level.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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