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the advance team completely choreographed the candidate's campaign appearances
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Recent Examples of choreographed
Their shows are driven by a physicality both intricately choreographed and fizzily chaotic, tightness and looseness alternating — even somehow overlapping — in a rolling series of lazzi and dances, fistfights and slapstick routines.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
As if the water breaks at this World Cup didn’t already make the game feel like an American sport broken down into quarters rather than halves, the attention given to carefully choreographed ‘plays’ from a standing-start only adds to it.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), the award-winning revival of William Finn's hilarious comedy is playing Off-Broadway at New York's New World Stages.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Imagine combat choreographed by ants, swarms of elbows and legs scrabbling to emerge victorious.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Conceived, performed and brilliantly choreographed by the theatre collective Das Manko Gbr, the series tackles the world of work with a distinctly absurdist sensibility, somewhere between Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Jacques Tati’s Playtime.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Courtesy of Strand Hill Properties Manhattan Beach’s Strand is Southern California coastline at its most joyfully choreographed.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Directed and choreographed by John Vaughan with musical direction by Lyndon Pugeda, the pop-rock musical especially shines in its full-cast dance scenes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Although the sequence is meticulously choreographed, Levinson said most of that work is done on set rather than in prep.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
As if the water breaks at this World Cup didn’t already make the game feel like an American sport broken down into quarters rather than halves, the attention given to carefully choreographed ‘plays’ from a standing-start only adds to it.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford (Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen), the award-winning revival of William Finn's hilarious comedy is playing Off-Broadway at New York's New World Stages.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Imagine combat choreographed by ants, swarms of elbows and legs scrabbling to emerge victorious.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Conceived, performed and brilliantly choreographed by the theatre collective Das Manko Gbr, the series tackles the world of work with a distinctly absurdist sensibility, somewhere between Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Jacques Tati’s Playtime.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Courtesy of Strand Hill Properties Manhattan Beach’s Strand is Southern California coastline at its most joyfully choreographed.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Directed and choreographed by John Vaughan with musical direction by Lyndon Pugeda, the pop-rock musical especially shines in its full-cast dance scenes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Although the sequence is meticulously choreographed, Levinson said most of that work is done on set rather than in prep.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choreographed
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With the new wells for compact compliance now planned, the Republican River district and the local groundwater districts must get serious about conservation planning.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
14 June 2026
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The tournament lasts until July 19 and watch parties are being planned at dozens of locations around the Bay Area.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Lauzon also serves as a community engagement manager and designed the project to give emerging and underrepresented artists a place to sell their work without financial barriers.—
Ray Campos,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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With a range of 50 to 300 kilometers, the drones, all made in Ukraine, are designed to throttle the Russian army’s logistics – adding a new dimension of strikes to Ukraine’s strategy as the war grinds through its fifth year.—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Nichols organized a day where 26 volunteers came together to replace American tattered and torn flags with brand new ones, including David and Sue Hornbrook's torn flag.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The demonstration, which had been previously organized by a hodgepodge of activist groups after weeks of negotiations with local authorities, was otherwise peaceful — with environmentalists, women’s rights advocates, supporters of Palestinians and foes of imperialism, fascism and capitalism.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Jackson will now look to reunite a Republican Party left battered by the most expensive and divisive gubernatorial primary in Georgia history, while also trying to convince a broader electorate that a healthcare executive with no political experience is prepared to lead Georgia.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
17 June 2026
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Long before Kansas City prepared to host six matches in soccer’s global tournament, an Overland Park kid named Matt Besler gave the city its first taste of the World Cup stage.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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There was Asher Durand, master of the winsome glade; John Frederick Kensett, poet of still waters; and, above all, Thomas Cole, the philosopher-king of landscape, with whom an 18-year-old Church arranged to study privately.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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This meal was arranged like weather.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Eisenhower’s national security team subsequently plotted to overthrow no fewer than three different democracies on three different continents over the course of his eight years.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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And while the women of Chinatown’s faraway past may have daydreamed and even plotted their escapes, See keeps going back.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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The amount recipients receive is calculated based on their lifetime earnings.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
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The emotional toll of this loss on him and the Spurs can not be calculated.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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