Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltzed (up)
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Danyul Brown proved that Sunday evening, when KPop Demon Hunters star Audrey Nuna turned up at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards in perhaps the night’s most avant-garde look, a sculptural black dress from the spring 2025 collection designed by Marc Jacobs.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026 -
Police said a search of the car turned up tools commonly used in vehicle burglaries and thefts.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Trump arrived just before halftime of the game.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Fort Worth officers were called to John Peter Smith Hospital regarding a shooting victim who’d arrived for treatment.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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The age gap showed up immediately.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Then, in 2023, six players showed up to Cordelia Park one humid evening — and everything changed.—
Evan Moore
November 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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James Guillory / Imagn Images The Buffalo Sabres’ season has reached another tipping point.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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No conclusions have yet been reached as to the cause of the crash, and enquiries and analysis are ongoing.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lipovsky and Stein came up through the world of children’s TV, before earning Hollywood attention thanks to their 2018 cult hit Freaks, which was their own take on the superhero genre.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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To determine the rankings, GOBankingRates drew on data from several sources, including Zillow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Federal Reserve, and weighted the rankings to produce an overall score that reflects both affordability and livability.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lockhart said Patterson’s paintings drew on her experiences on visits to Ireland’s Aran Islands between 1960 and 1989 and captured the quiet moments of individual lives.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Few people would consider a career as a regional, impersonator-style vocalist to be worthwhile; even fewer would, having attained such a career, try to make themselves into something more than a novelty act.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Rockwell painted a country that believed its high principles could be attained.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Waltzed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltzed%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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