western swing
noun
: swing music played typically on country-music instruments (such as guitar, fiddle, or steel guitar)
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Her home state isn’t one of neat lines and concrete divisions; this is the only place in the world where bluegrass, zydeco, Tejano, western swing, and Mexican rancheras all coexist and sometimes even blend.
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Cat Cardenas,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
The Huskies, after winning the Big East championship and playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years, took some losses in the transfer portal and took their lumps in the early season southern and western swings, losing 10 of their first 12 games.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
The ground-shaking locomotive has already done a western swing through California from its home base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
So the momentum of those weekend victories at the end of the five-game western swing lost, instead another miserable third quarter and precious few quality Heat performances on a night the Magic scored 62 points in the paint.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cat Cardenas,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
The Huskies, after winning the Big East championship and playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years, took some losses in the transfer portal and took their lumps in the early season southern and western swings, losing 10 of their first 12 games.
—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
The ground-shaking locomotive has already done a western swing through California from its home base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
So the momentum of those weekend victories at the end of the five-game western swing lost, instead another miserable third quarter and precious few quality Heat performances on a night the Magic scored 62 points in the paint.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Western swing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/western%20swing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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