tango

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Recent Examples of tango 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for tango
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tango
Verb
  • The Dodgers will not waltz into the NLCS.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.
    Gloria Steinem, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
  • 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
Verb
  • Recent trends in kitchen designs have focused on creating spaces that jive with open floor plans, which often requires reducing visual and physical clutter.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • With exceptional speed and a strong arm, Marte began shagging balls in the outfield.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Within five minutes of exchanging how-do-you-dos, the two are shagging in the walk-in freezer.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The doctor grunted, shuffled off.
    Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Mazzulla could shuffle his starting five from game to game, too, based on matchups and other factors.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Tango.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tango. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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