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Recent Examples of shimmy
After another lengthy stretch in the offensive zone, Brink shimmied behind the net and spotted Cates in the slot.
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Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Resort staff then climbed up lift towers and shimmied along the ropes to reach each gondola car, KUSA reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Washers/Dryers Like slide-in ranges, most washers and dryers can be shimmied out from the wall.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
Garner was next seen posing while kicking her leg up in the air on set before shimmying her shoulders and walking up to the camera.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Resort staff then climbed up lift towers and shimmied along the ropes to reach each gondola car, KUSA reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Washers/Dryers Like slide-in ranges, most washers and dryers can be shimmied out from the wall.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2024
Garner was next seen posing while kicking her leg up in the air on set before shimmying her shoulders and walking up to the camera.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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Photos and videos of the clash Friday morning showed chaotic scenes with Nationalist members trying to remove or push their way though the barriers of chairs or clamber over a ledge in front of the speaker’s area.Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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However, footage that later went viral showed the child then starting to clamber onto the stage before being pulled back by someone.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 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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And then there was the shot of Donna Kelce boogieing on the stage.Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Even fans who walked to their seats couldn’t help but boogie down the arena stairs and two-step shuffle along the floor.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 9 June 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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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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Landman really benefits from Thornton being a pleasure to watch bop around, look sweaty, rant about the state of America, and generally express a state of existential exhaustion.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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This Korean sunscreen essential soothes acne and excess sebum using niacinamide and hydrates skin with hyaluronic acid.Sarah Han, Allure, 3 Jan. 2025
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The massage cup, combined with the oils, boosts lymphatic flow, firms skin, and encourages lipolysis for a smoother, more toned appearance.Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The mother of four went on to share videos of the family safely holed up in a hotel, and smiled from her bed as her pet dogs Petey and Pearl climbed up.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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The region has been gripped by freezing weather this week with temperatures plunging into the mid-teens Monday night and barely climbing above the high 20s by Tuesday afternoon.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II?Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Babygirl tries to deftly waltz over this minefield of a topic without a sense of puritanical judgement or heavy panting, but with as much emphasis on Romy’s need for this transfer of power to tap into her erogenous zones.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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