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square dance

noun

Definition of square dance

as in celebration

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Recent Examples of square dance And the evening winds down with a festival-wide square dance led by KC Heil’s All-Star Dance Band. — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2026 For less than $100, Sacramento travelers can experience the night-life of Las Vegas, square dance in Texas and get coffee in Seattle. — Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 Dancers demonstrate the quadrille—a square dance of French origin accompanied by traditional quelbe folk music. — Nikki Miller-Ka, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026 The Wranglers Sq6uare Dance Club is starting a new learn to square dance class. — Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for square dance

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Noun

Delivery had been delayed as the city grappled with the tragedy, a small but unforgettable reminder that Atlanta’s celebration had changed overnight.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
The whole thing, from the new series to the game nights themselves, even this evening’s celebrations, have the feeling of the late-1970s public access show TV Party, a loose, unpredictable New York salon helmed by Glenn O’Brien.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

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Greenstein’s brother and sister conducted the ceremony, and at the reception, everyone sat at tables named for Italian directors and feasted on dishes like linguine with baby squid and soused trout by chef Antonino Cannavacciuolo.

— Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
After a promising reception to its initial public offering, the stock of Elon Musk's rocket company has steadily sunk.

— Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

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The Stoned Climbers festival, which took place last week in the Zhytomyr region, is Ukraine’s biggest outdoors event combining climbing and live music.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
More than 250 creators showed up across official festival programming this year, the most in Cannes Lions history.

— Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

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Vesper Theatre's main performance space, an 80-seat black box theater, can support a variety of art forms from dance to theater to film.

— Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Karagach, 33, and Pashkov, 40 — parents of a 3-year-old daughter — traveled to a number of cities around the world for their dance competitions over the years.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

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The yearly convention includes panel discussions, movie and television showings, an exhibitor hall, outdoor activations, a masquerade ball and more.

— Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
And the leak to USA TODAY provides further evidence of the group’s careful masquerade, Tischauser, the SPLC researcher said.

— Will Carless, USA Today, 4 June 2026

Definition of masquerade

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In the wake of Argentina’s 2-1 win over England in Wednesday’s semifinal match, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution picked several hometown winners of the biggest sporting event to hit the city since 1996 Centennial Olympic Games.

— Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Last Month, Wilson endorsed Gilbert in an event that included a ceremonial passing of the torch.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

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