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or boogey
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Recent Examples of boogie
Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The biggest names in the industry boogied down the Grammys red carpet at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena in fierce fashions hitting high notes and the cloth version of a crescendo.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
And then there was the shot of Donna Kelce boogieing on the stage.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The biggest names in the industry boogied down the Grammys red carpet at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena in fierce fashions hitting high notes and the cloth version of a crescendo.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
And then there was the shot of Donna Kelce boogieing on the stage.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boogie
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The video shows Payne — in a peach-pink suit — singing along to the 1D classic as Nicole Scherzinger and Kelly Rowland bopped their heads nearby.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
22 July 2025
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By the end of Conrath’s upbeat indie rock set, a few hundred people had gathered and were politely bopping their heads.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
21 July 2025
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Customers craving that taste of space can’t just waltz into a Jack in the Box and buy a drink.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
30 July 2025
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The Twins enjoyed a stroll in the ballpark Sunday, waltzing to a 7-1 victory over the walk-happy Rockies.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
20 July 2025
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Real sharks dance with shark handlers, with legitimate danger The loose competition features five contestants, all professional shark wranglers, grooving to tunes underwater with whichever swimming predator wants to tango.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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The first film saw Pattinson's Dark Knight tangoing with the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer plaguing Gotham City.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 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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Fuller has pushed back on these claims by sharing the app's source code for shuffling and dealing virtual cards.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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Short, shuffling steps often prevent your glutes from firing properly.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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Instead, Piero and Lara are cautiously trying to seduce one another while protecting themselves from shagging what could be a crazy person.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
16 July 2025
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Not even teenagers yet, Ebel’s sons would be taking ground balls and shagging in the outfield during batting practice before the start of Dodger games.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the back bay especially, vertically jigging these lures around bridge pilings and across channels can be deadly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Boogie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boogie. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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