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Recent Examples of tango
Francis does love the dance – in 2014, thousands of Catholics tangoed in St. Peter’s Square to honor his birthday.
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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
Miles above the Earth, two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes tango together to influence weather in the northern hemisphere.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
The only thing that matters in sport is to be the last competitor standing, especially when there are just two to tango.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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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
Miles above the Earth, two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes tango together to influence weather in the northern hemisphere.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
The only thing that matters in sport is to be the last competitor standing, especially when there are just two to tango.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tango
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Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman both waltzed away from the birthday honors with MBEs, while former BBC presenter Martha Kearney got a CBE. Behind the scenes, some big-hitting producers were recognized for their work in the television industry.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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Novi Brown, producer, actress, and co-star of Tyler Perry’s Sistas, waltzed into the 25th Anniversary BET Awards with a level of glam that can only be described as timeless and scene-stealing.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
11 June 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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Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.—
Jacob Bernstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 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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Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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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,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Alan Menken songs will get your head bopping amid the retro narrative about a nerdy flower guy (Rich Moranis) who has a crush on a co-worker (Ellen Greene) and develops a co-dependent friendship with a man-eating plant. 15.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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There’s only so many (restaurant) options, and everyone’s bopping around to the same spot.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
6 June 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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In the back bay especially, vertically jigging these lures around bridge pilings and across channels can be deadly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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Larry Bowa still remembers the two kids, sons of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, shagging fly balls in the outfield at the old Veterans Stadium.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Iglesias said shagged in the outfield the last few days in case he’d be needed.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Nicolo Barella would often drop between Stefan de Vrij and right centre-back Matteo Darmian or pull wide outside of Urawa’s defensive block to kickstart Inter’s possession, meaning the Japanese side were comfortable shuffling from side to side with the game in front of them.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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The latest major example of this reliable horror subgenre shuffling (or in this case running) into theaters is 28 Years Later.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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“Tango.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tango. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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