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Recent Examples of shimmy
Rescue crews equipped with tanks and gas masks worked to rescue residents inside, with three fire trucks and four ambulances shimmying their way through narrow streets crowded with onlookers.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
Connie Britton shimmied by while being fed a chocolate chip cookie by her date.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
Hands free: Try to shake and shimmy the bowl with the sugar to coat the dough without having to get your hands dirty.
—Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
The bottom of my swimsuit is moving, collecting from both ends, shimmying and bundling its way inwards, revealing more of my cheeks.
—Hazlitt, 14 Aug. 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
Connie Britton shimmied by while being fed a chocolate chip cookie by her date.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
Hands free: Try to shake and shimmy the bowl with the sugar to coat the dough without having to get your hands dirty.
—Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
The bottom of my swimsuit is moving, collecting from both ends, shimmying and bundling its way inwards, revealing more of my cheeks.
—Hazlitt, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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This once meant waiting in long lines outside stores like Walmart and Best Buy in the early morning hours, clambering over one another to snag electronics, beauty items, and other unaffordable gifts at a steal.Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
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Over much of the preceding 2,055 days, the site had been a hive of industry, with teams cleaning marble mosaics, retouching frescoes and clambering over the anthill of scaffolding that filled the center of the landmark.Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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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
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Rosie remarked that Joey knew how to boogie, while Derek appreciated how content-packed the routine was.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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This election is a broken info-pipe of raw sewage spewing in every direction, and these guys are boogieing down in the muck.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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Mays hit for both power and for average while also shinning at running, throwing and fielding.Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 June 2024
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The levante is the easterly blow favored by windsurfers that causes heavy swells, casts apocalyptic clouds, and gives shins an unwanted microdermabrasion.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 May 2024
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These unisex slides are the easiest slip-on-and-go shoes for letting the dog out, bopping around your house, or even running errands.Madison Yauger, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Lava, a 40-year-old with stage 4 colon cancer, recently made it through 25 rounds of radiation by bopping out to two playlists.Julia Ries, SELF, 4 Dec. 2024
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Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Locals rise long before first chair to skin up Ajax for 58-year-old Bonnie's Restaurant's oatmeal pancakes.Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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More than 100 have been sold in the past month alone, and thanks to the 45 percent off discount, that number will probably continue to climb.Clint Davis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Marvel Rivals has only been out for a few days, but it's already attracted over ten million players, and that number is set to keep climbing.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Falcons defensive back fell, and Jefferson waltzed into the end zone untouched.Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Graham then waltzes in, brimming with a particularly glittering dose of Lorelai's quirky confidence.EW.com, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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