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Recent Examples of tango
Anything Argentine tango with either Gilles [Marini] or Juan Pablo [Di Pace].
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Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
From line dancing to tango to swing, Denver’s dance halls offer something for every groove.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025
Natalia teaches him how to tango.
—Ilya Kaminsky
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger
The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 July 2025
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Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
From line dancing to tango to swing, Denver’s dance halls offer something for every groove.
—Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2025
Natalia teaches him how to tango.
—Ilya Kaminsky
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger
The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tango
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Some Valentine's Day celebrants in metro Phoenix's northwest Valley will have to waltz around traffic closures.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Below, guests in black tie waltzed across a custom checkerboard dance floor beneath a canopy of white ostrich feathers and crystal.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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Someone cue the disco tunes, because Serena Williams is ready to boogie.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
3 Feb. 2026
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Toronto and Orlando know how to boogie.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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Instead, find something that does jive with you—whether that’s yoga class, power lifting, or pickleball—and allow your resulting delight to radiate.—
Outside,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Barring a full and complete meltdown in those 11 games, the idea that the Leafs should just give up on the season still doesn’t jive for me.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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No agents of the state will yank you out of a stadium for bopping along to this!—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Still bopping to the top, 20 years later!—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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There’s nothing more fun than dropping a bait or artificial lure down and vertically jigging.—
Harry Spampinato,
Outside,
6 Feb. 2026
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Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
Verb
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At Baylor, players shag their own balls.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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It’s dressed with a vintage phone, a stack of throwback Playboy magazines, a mirrored top, and an orange ’70s shag rug on the second tier.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
9 Dec. 2025
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That left the Broncos with no option but to grab their bags and shuffle along the final icy stretch before reaching the safety of indoors.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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To use Smith at the top of the lineup would likely require the Rangers to shuffle the leadoff hitter against lefties, thus creating more moving parts.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Tango.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tango. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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