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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmying
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Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026 -
Witness Foligno clambering over Jake Oettinger as the puck rolled up the goalie’s spine and into the net.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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After bopping around venues, the Jazz Showcase planted deeper roots under the Happy Medium in Streeterville, then the Blackstone Hotel.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Throw a linen shirt over the look and—voila—an adorable daytime look for bopping around Seapoint Main Road.—
Abbey Hudetz,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2026
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This meant slowly shuffling into the wilderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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At 2-0 down, and with Nuno Espirito Santo shuffling to a back-four, there was a flicker of a pulse and two decent saves from Nick Pope.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The sounds grew louder, and soon armed and masked men were swarming the village, setting its straw huts on fire and indiscriminately shooting villagers.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Drones are swarming battlefields in Ukraine, Iran, and beyond.—
Ramtin Arablouei,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Finance teams are recalculating margins, and product leaders are scrambling to explain budget overruns that no one forecasted.—
Alberto Gimeno,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And new compounds are popping up with staggering speed, leaving law enforcement scrambling to keep up.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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In the new South, one scrabbling to industrialize, business owners could now hire unpaid labor through the penal system.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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That left the administration scrabbling for other ways to reimpose duties that were struck down.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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My favorite way to work a Texas rig is jigging it.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Notably, as Eric and Carol were chatting to Sara, BBC Studios was re-jigging its APAC division in order to bring Australia and Asia under one roof.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
14 Nov. 2025
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Shadows and light, inside Wallace Chan's Mythos exhibition Visitors encounter shifting perspectives of the sculptures while ascending the tower’s circular staircase.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Before resurfacing, the divers must stay in shallow water to decompress after ascending from the cave’s depths.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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“Shimmying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmying. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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