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Recent Examples of waltz
And Nuggets backup big DeAndre Jordan looked largely helpless at the rim, as the Clippers’ offense got going behind a flurry of hooks from Zubac and waltzes to the rim from Bogdanovic and Kawhi Leonard.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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
How can a startup waltz into this space and find 400-1,000% gains in critical performance factors like flight endurance?
—New Atlas, 8 May 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2025
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
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
How can a startup waltz into this space and find 400-1,000% gains in critical performance factors like flight endurance?
—New Atlas, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltz
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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
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The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 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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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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The video shows Payne — in a peach-pink suit — singing along to the 1D classic as Nicole Scherzinger and Kelly Rowland bopped their heads nearby.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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By the end of Conrath’s upbeat indie rock set, a few hundred people had gathered and were politely bopping their heads.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
21 July 2025
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Fuller has pushed back on these claims by sharing the app's source code for shuffling and dealing virtual cards.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Short, shuffling steps often prevent your glutes from firing properly.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 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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Not even teenagers yet, Ebel’s sons would be taking ground balls and shagging in the outfield during batting practice before the start of Dodger games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 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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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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“Waltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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