How to Use go-go in a Sentence
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One of our go-go boys who’s there from the start is now a go-go girl.
— Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 -
The dancers are there in their black and white striped shirts in mini skirts and go-go boots.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 June 2023 -
There were now all these discos with back rooms and go-go boys.
— Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024 -
The walls are lined with photos of famous faces, and the jukebox is stocked with Motown and go-go.
— Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 June 2023 -
The go-go ’80s lifted the art market and Wall Street, and the rising fortunes of both lifted Raoul’s.
— Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
This is, after all, the home of Black Broadway and go-go and harDCcore.
— Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023 -
The ‘gamine fille’ appeared here and there, such as a camisole style dress, go-go shorts, and a grey flannel bralette over a turtleneck paired with a skirt.
— Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
The go-go years of China’s economic growth have come to an end, and with them, the easy gains in welfare and free-flowing jobs.
— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 June 2023 -
These are a far cry from the go-go days before the pandemic and Beijing’s 2021 clampdown on Big Tech.
— Ye Xie, Fortune, 16 May 2023 -
The go-go theme extended to all corners of the field and included everyone on it.
— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Now the library is marking the fourth anniversary of the act that made go-go D.C.’s official music.
— Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 -
And speaking of the crown, rapper Flo Milli covered her new signature bob with a go-go style hat.
— India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Christopher Turner was three years older and helped manage Fuller’s go-go band.
— Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023 -
In early key art, go-go dancers clad in vivid yellow hot suits and bright lights surround the stage as a shot at riches and infamy await the contestants.
— Holly Jones, Variety, 24 July 2024 -
Some of that traces back to Tiger Global’s go-go days of 2021, an era that seems positively mesozoic when seen from today.
— Anne Sraders, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The go-go megaplex boom of the late ’90s and early ’00s created theaters the size of small airports, with theaters sometimes housing more than two dozen screens.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 -
The wigs and go-go skirts stopped sparkling when the stage lights went down, but still seem to attract the late-night last-minute gazes of all who descend on the party of tacos al pastor and sopes with lots of salsa.
— Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023 -
After a few go-go years, the early-stage biotech market has cooled considerably.
— Stat Staff, STAT, 1 Dec. 2023 -
West Hollywood ushered in the month with a parade featuring go-go dancers in jockstraps and gay cowboys in breezy leather chaps.
— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024 -
Lady Bunny got her start go-go dancing with her friend RuPaul while living in Atlanta in the early 1980s.
— Elaina Patton, NBC news, 1 June 2023 -
Music that bleeds with the apocalyptic collisions of bounce beat-era go-go and the lyrical belligerence of drill.
— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023 -
Priya Krishna Against the cranes-in-the-sky backdrop of go-go modern Nashville, the ambitions of this lunch-only cafe are refreshingly modest.
— Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023 -
The Diamondbacks are a rising, entertaining team whose go-go style exploited both the Padres and the Dodgers in recent games.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023 -
This Midtown mecca's sights range from glittery go-go dancers to Saturday Night Fever flashbacks.
— Robin Soslow, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Your hardworking mom is somehow always in go-go-go mode, so why not treat her to a bit of TLC with relaxing under-eye patches?
— Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2023 -
The festival features a gigantic cocktail bar and beer garden, food trucks, drag shows, go-go dances, a Ferris wheel, a DJ dance party and more.
— The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023 -
Oftentimes, my days feel go-go-go until that very last moment…as if rushing to get to bed on time is actually the last item on my agenda.
— Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Frank Zhao thrived in China’s go-go years by embracing bowling and teaming up with Americans.
— Brian Spegele, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2023 -
For go-go beauty looks, models wore a blend of 90s polish mixed with punky rawness, a nod to the brand’s heritage, without being too referential.
— Kathleen Hou, ELLE, 9 Sep. 2023 -
Safer started out as a go-go dancer, and approaches dance with total abandon and exuberance.
— Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
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