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Recent Examples of shimmy
Knight mocked Diddy for inserting his ad-libs on Bad Boy artists’ songs and shimmying throughout their videos.
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
And while not as much of a crazed scene as the 2019 event, where a menagerie of Dem candidates vied for stage-time as the partiers shimmied shoulder to shoulder, Friday night's event was still high-energy.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 31 May 2025
Rabanne’s signature metal mesh seems in its element as Brazilian funk dancers shimmy their shoulders and flick their feet at lightning speed.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Charli xcx, Addison Rae, and Emily Ratajkowski have hit the beach in their bikinis, while Bella Hadid and FKA twigs have shimmied into their sets.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
And while not as much of a crazed scene as the 2019 event, where a menagerie of Dem candidates vied for stage-time as the partiers shimmied shoulder to shoulder, Friday night's event was still high-energy.
—Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 31 May 2025
Rabanne’s signature metal mesh seems in its element as Brazilian funk dancers shimmy their shoulders and flick their feet at lightning speed.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 21 May 2025
Charli xcx, Addison Rae, and Emily Ratajkowski have hit the beach in their bikinis, while Bella Hadid and FKA twigs have shimmied into their sets.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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Where a missile had destroyed two multi-storey residential buildings during the night, people clambered over an immense mound of dislocated concrete to pry out victims, footage obtained by Reuters showed.—
Steven Scheer,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the night, so many fans had crowd-surfed from the pit to the stage, clambering onto the platform, that the band members were barely visible.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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Summer is winding down in North Texas, but there’s still plenty of fun activities around the area for those looking to boogie over the weekend.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Aug. 2025
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John Travolta With Pulp Fiction, John Travolta boogied his way back into pop culture relevance and onto his first of eight EW covers.—
Leah Greenblatt,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Alternatively, continue holding boat pose with your knees bent and shins parallel to the ground (rather than straightening your legs until your body is in a V-shape).—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
17 July 2025
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During every chemotherapy cycle, 30 minutes before the medication is administered, the wraps are placed on the patient’s forearms and shins to begin the cooling process.—
Joanna Goodrich,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 May 2025
Verb
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According to onlookers, the Wicked star was bopping along the entire set.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The first violins unfurl a lilting, lightly bopping tune in D minor.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Candice and Glenn sent Parker and Madison to wash off their swamp smell, then did the dirty work of prepping and skinning the frogs.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Caribs encamped on the summit of a steep cliff surrounded by high precipices, which could only be climbed by a narrow secret pathway.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2025
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The combination of climbing around this strange building and having heard the almost legendary stories about Karl-Göran was evocative and haunting.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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The organization has built an impressive upstart roster around Cade Cunningham, who ascended to borderline superstar status last season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Add Trans Forming Liberty to her list of signature, historic artistic achievements–and standing up to the federal government and censorship, and for trans visibility–and Sherald ascends to the stature of most accomplished and important painter this millennium.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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