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Recent Examples of shimmy
Hands free: Try to shake and shimmy the bowl with the sugar to coat the dough without having to get your hands dirty.
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Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
The bottom of my swimsuit is moving, collecting from both ends, shimmying and bundling its way inwards, revealing more of my cheeks.
—Hazlitt, 14 Aug. 2024
The forward, playing in her 100th international game, then dribbled into the box and shimmied a couple of times in an effort to distract Brazilian goalkeeper Lorena before putting a right-footed shot into the back of the net for her team-leading fourth goal of the tournament.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
The joy of those cancan dancers in pink, or Lady Gaga shimmying in ostrich feathers and a Dior feather hat, was a valiant tribute to French tradition.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
The bottom of my swimsuit is moving, collecting from both ends, shimmying and bundling its way inwards, revealing more of my cheeks.
—Hazlitt, 14 Aug. 2024
The forward, playing in her 100th international game, then dribbled into the box and shimmied a couple of times in an effort to distract Brazilian goalkeeper Lorena before putting a right-footed shot into the back of the net for her team-leading fourth goal of the tournament.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
The joy of those cancan dancers in pink, or Lady Gaga shimmying in ostrich feathers and a Dior feather hat, was a valiant tribute to French tradition.
—Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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One recent creation took the form of a bare-bones animatronic dog that, when activated, seemed to clamber awkwardly forward.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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No train was entering the station and the bloodied woman was able to clamber back onto the platform on her own as her attacker ran off, cops said.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022
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The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests.DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2021
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Rosie remarked that Joey knew how to boogie, while Derek appreciated how content-packed the routine was.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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This election is a broken info-pipe of raw sewage spewing in every direction, and these guys are boogieing down in the muck.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Mays hit for both power and for average while also shinning at running, throwing and fielding.Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 June 2024
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The levante is the easterly blow favored by windsurfers that causes heavy swells, casts apocalyptic clouds, and gives shins an unwanted microdermabrasion.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
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The Alan Menken songs will get your head bopping amid the retro narrative about a nerdy flower guy (Rich Moranis) who has a crush on a co-worker (Ellen Greene) and develops a co-dependent friendship with a man-eating plant. 15.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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There was one brave cast member who bopped to his own beat, and that man was Liev Schreiber.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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The Catholic League is threatening François with skinning his brother, the cardinal, and burning him alive if François doesn’t marry Margot.Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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But even the most experienced hikers have slipped, stumbled, and skinned a knee while trekking.Jen Ator, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2024
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Some even poked holes into the shade cloth with their nails, while other adventurous souls climbed a tree conveniently overlooking the nets.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Its valuation has climbed to $157 billion in the two years since launching ChatGPT.Hayden Field,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
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Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock has finally waltzed off into the sunset…or has he?Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The one-minute preview also features new clips of Gaga and the Napoleon actor kissing in a burning room, sharing cigarette smoke through jail cell bars and waltzing under streetlights.Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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