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Recent Examples of waltz
Downfield, Isaiah Simmons, Isaiah Dunn and Johnathan Baldwin all got stuck on blocks and Smartt waltzed into the endzone.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
At one point during Bertha’s ball, Gladys waltzes in her newfound bliss with the Duke.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025
Customers craving that taste of space can’t just waltz into a Jack in the Box and buy a drink.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
The couple received an outpouring of love and support from friends who waltzed their way to the comment section.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
At one point during Bertha’s ball, Gladys waltzes in her newfound bliss with the Duke.
—Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2025
Customers craving that taste of space can’t just waltz into a Jack in the Box and buy a drink.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
The couple received an outpouring of love and support from friends who waltzed their way to the comment section.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltz
Verb
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Natalia teaches him how to tango.—
Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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
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There are several methods to get rid of mice, besides adopting a cat or employing Little Bunny Foo Foo to bop them on the head, of course.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Seahawks might need to do more shuffling ahead of their Week 6 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Restyle Soft Goods Soft goods like accent pillows, throw blankets, and even curtains can be easily shuffled around to refresh your space, Reinhard says.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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With exceptional speed and a strong arm, Marte began shagging balls in the outfield.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 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
Verb
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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
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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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“Waltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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