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June 19: Moon nears Saturn Around 2 a.m. local time on June 19, the half-moon and vivid Saturn will tango together in the eastern sky.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2025
Get The Recipe 14 of 30 Harvest Punch Give fresh apples and cinnamon time to tango so that all of their rich flavors can blend together before pouring yourself a glass.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Francis does love the dance – in 2014, thousands of Catholics tangoed in St. Peter’s Square to honor his birthday.
—Molly Jackson, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2025
Hartford Courant While there may be short term advantage for Mr. Trump, the danger is that our country turns into another Argentina – with basket case economic policies if not tango.
—Connecticut State Sen. Matthew Lesser, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2025
Get The Recipe 14 of 30 Harvest Punch Give fresh apples and cinnamon time to tango so that all of their rich flavors can blend together before pouring yourself a glass.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Francis does love the dance – in 2014, thousands of Catholics tangoed in St. Peter’s Square to honor his birthday.
—Molly Jackson, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2025
Hartford Courant While there may be short term advantage for Mr. Trump, the danger is that our country turns into another Argentina – with basket case economic policies if not tango.
—Connecticut State Sen. Matthew Lesser, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tango
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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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Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.—
Gloria Steinem,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2024
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Linders says the audience for trad jazz can generally be put into three categories: There are swing dancers who are eager to jitterbug to some hot sounds.—
Noah Schaffer,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 Aug. 2023
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Even on a team with more veteran leadership this year, Trout seems to have taken on more responsibility — a role that hasn’t always jived with his personality.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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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
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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However, a Rat-L-Trap can also be jigged vertically, which has a lot of application in saltwater.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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Within five minutes of exchanging how-do-you-dos, the two are shagging in the walk-in freezer.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rivera, who always loved to shag flyballs during his playing days, hurt himself while manning center field during a Willie Randolph at-bat.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Gakpo is deeper, and Wirtz pushes forward as the central member of Liverpool’s forward line, while Ekitike shuffles across as the left of the trio.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Declining enrollment means the district may need to shuffle schools, students, or teachers to ensure each school is well attended, and the student-teacher ratios are well-balanced.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Things that may shimmy and shake, but things nonetheless, not ideological assertions.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Climbers have reported shimmying past the frozen remains of food containers, oxygen tanks, beer cans, and plenty of ice-cold human excrement.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Tango.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tango. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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