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Recent Examples of boogie
This election is a broken info-pipe of raw sewage spewing in every direction, and these guys are boogieing down in the muck.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
After wordlessly convincing Fallon to dance with her, Dratch boogied her way offstage and left.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2024
In another clip shared to social media by Naomi, the cast boogied to one more song together on the Bridgerton set.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
The audience got a kick out of the gag, with Jennifer Lopez and Andrew Scott boogieing in their seats, and Matt Damon wiping away tears of laughter.
—Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
After wordlessly convincing Fallon to dance with her, Dratch boogied her way offstage and left.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2024
In another clip shared to social media by Naomi, the cast boogied to one more song together on the Bridgerton set.
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
The audience got a kick out of the gag, with Jennifer Lopez and Andrew Scott boogieing in their seats, and Matt Damon wiping away tears of laughter.
—Patrick Ryan, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
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With more than 70 days down, the Aussie creates her own stage on the floor of the Eras Tour bopping to the three-hour setlist.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars 'Die with a Smile' There is talent, and then there is Lady Gaga bopping into Bruno Mars’ studio at his invite and writing and recording a song the same day.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
19 Dec. 2024
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If President Donald Trump had his way, guests at the White House would be waltzing in a grand ballroom, not jostling for space in its largest room.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Jaden Smith waltzed onto the Grammys red carpet early on Sunday night in a demure black Louis Vuitton suit with, well, a castle on his head.—
Jacob Gallagher,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Miles above the Earth, two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes tango together to influence weather in the northern hemisphere.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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The only thing that matters in sport is to be the last competitor standing, especially when there are just two to tango.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 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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Smaller breeds take the field in the first quarter, and the lineup shuffles to play the larger breeds in the fourth quarter.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some of that work has been controversial, like Gov. Jeff Landry's sudden moves to shuffle homeless people out from prime downtown locations.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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She's been a part of silly shenanigans, shagged assorted suitors – most notably Colin Firth's stoically upper-crust Mark Darcy and Hugh Grant's womanizing Daniel Cleaver – but in the end always maintaining a strong sense of self-worth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Amy Jade Winehouse could have been any young woman growing up in 1990s London — palling around with her mates, sneaking lagers, shagging dudes, getting into trouble, getting her nose pierced, and getting expelled from drama school for it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2024
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The series seems to jive with head coach Dan Hurley’s desire to play tough non-conference games against the top programs in the sport.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2025
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And that doesn’t necessarily jive with the perception of the team, say, in the regular season.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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In the middle of the party, an accordion player jigged among a group of young, unsteady revelers, rapping to the beat like an agitated auctioneer.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025
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Diamond jigs were originally intended to be dropped straight down from a boat and jigged vertically.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 Oct. 2024
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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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