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Recent Examples of waltzThe result was Haliburton waltzing into the paint at will.—Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025 So, being able to waltz, tango, quickstep and jive in equal measure?—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025 There are stomping country jams that crowds can sing along to, but also waltzes and ballads.—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025 There’s about as much evidence that climate change is a national emergency as there is that the trade deficit is one, so expect the next Democratic president to waltz right through the door that Trump has opened.—The Editors, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for waltz
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.
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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.
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.
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Jacob Bernstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
On Hudson's show, guests are invited to boogie their way down a hallway backstage, dubbed the spirit tunnel, while staffers clap and chant for them.
Ronan bopped her head, and the students were asked to move an arm up and down to the beat of a percussive metronome, while the researchers measured their accuracy.
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Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
At the microscopic level, fluids are composed of particles—little billiard balls bopping around and occasionally colliding—and Newton’s laws of motion work well to describe their trajectories.
Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.
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Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
All of those departures except for Stark came before the draft, meaning Paton was left to shuffle the chairs and adjust on the fly to ensure the Broncos were prepared.
Clifton Daniel, for instance, jitterbugged with an expertise that increased one’s respect for The New York Times.
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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.
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.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Iglesias said shagged in the outfield the last few days in case he’d be needed.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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.
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Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 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.
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