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Recent Examples of shimmy
Snake shimmying across a rope bridge while armed guards walk across it in a promotional screenshot for Metal Gear Solid Delta.
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
For Ndiaye’s opener, the winger shimmied, finding space on the outside of his marker, before laying on an inch-perfect cross begging to be converted at the back post.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
Grab an espresso martini and get ready to shimmy the night away.
—Rana Good, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Brooks & Dunn inspire next generation stars to deliver impressive performances
Lainey Wilson shimmied and shook her way onstage to join Brooks & Dunn as the Country Music Hall of Fame duo opened their set at Nissan Stadium during the first night of CMA Fest.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
For Ndiaye’s opener, the winger shimmied, finding space on the outside of his marker, before laying on an inch-perfect cross begging to be converted at the back post.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025
Grab an espresso martini and get ready to shimmy the night away.
—Rana Good, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Brooks & Dunn inspire next generation stars to deliver impressive performances
Lainey Wilson shimmied and shook her way onstage to join Brooks & Dunn as the Country Music Hall of Fame duo opened their set at Nissan Stadium during the first night of CMA Fest.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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One person gets swept up in the water while others clamber to the sides of the area as screams are heard in the background.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 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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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
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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
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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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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.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Researchers could run a measuring wheel across an animal’s hide and mark out units in chalk, or skin the creature and measure its surface area by hand.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Oct. 2025
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Everyone knows that some form of Hamas—skinned of the top echelon of its leadership—has survived and rules the parts of Gaza that Israel never fully occupied.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Here, fans sit above the pit straight and start-finish line, roughly level with Turn 1 as the track climbs steeply up toward them.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In the three-way race that followed, Cuomo’s support climbed to 33 percent, indicating that many of Adams’ former voters migrated to him—while Mamdani’s overall numbers held steady.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Dodgers will not waltz into the NLCS.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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But who looks set to take home the coveted Mirrorball Trophy? Robert Irwin and Witney Carson look ready to waltz into the final, with just 4/1 odds, according to Bookies.com.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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