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disc jockey

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Recent Examples of disc jockey The Friends of San Pasqual Academy hosted a special Halloween event that included a delicious, catered dinner, raffle prizes, Halloween costume contests and music that was provided by a disc jockey. — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025 Joining the Georgia native in Riverside are country musicians Shane Profitt, Lauren Watkins, RaeLynn and disc jockey DJ ROCK. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026 Other highlights of the morning included a live disc jockey, magicians from Magic Castle in Los Angeles, Star Wars characters, LAPD K9 officers and motorcycles, free face painting, caricature drawings and a balloon artist. — Marianne Love, Daily News, 1 June 2026 As recalled in a 1987 Chicago Reader article, DuMont made his first appearance on radio in the summer of 1964 while studying at Columbia College Chicago as a fill-in weekend disc jockey at WEEF in Highland Park. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disc jockey

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Mike Veeck, son of team owner Bill Veeck, hatched a plan to stop the hemorrhaging, inviting WLUP shock jock Steve Dahl to burn a crate of disco records on the field in the break between a White Sox and Detroit Tigers doubleheader.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 7 June 2026
And like Limbaugh, who built himself from a radio shock jock to a media titan by feeding listeners’ grievances, Fuentes tells his audience a story that encourages them to channel their anxieties and frustrations into disdain and hate for women and non-white people.

— Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026

Definition of shock jock

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There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.

— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
There also will be live music with a DJ, giveaways from Ramsey County Parks and Recreation, a scavenger hunt for kids and other family-friendly activities.

— Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Definition of DJ

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And the shock is that the cost was low enough for Philadelphia to make a deal without putting someone like dynamic guard VJ Edgecombe into it.

— Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
The Sixers could now field a starting five of Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Brown, Dean Wade and Joel Embiid next season.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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