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Recent Examples of shimmy
Turlington greeted another old-school Calvin face, Kate Moss herself, with an extended, shimmying hug before chatting with Mario Sorrenti and his wife, Mary Frey, and stylist Elizabeth Saltzman.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Over at the Sparkle City Disco show, a coven of drunken zoomers—many of whom, mind you, were born after 9/11—are all shimmying jubilantly to songs by Donna Summer, pointing stoically to the ground and then triumphantly up at the ceiling, looking rather a lot like latter-day John Travoltas.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Bigger names than Coen have shimmied their way out of handshake deals.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
Jones saunters to the middle of the cage, shimmying his hips and arms in an imitation of Trump’s signature shuffle-dance.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Over at the Sparkle City Disco show, a coven of drunken zoomers—many of whom, mind you, were born after 9/11—are all shimmying jubilantly to songs by Donna Summer, pointing stoically to the ground and then triumphantly up at the ceiling, looking rather a lot like latter-day John Travoltas.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Bigger names than Coen have shimmied their way out of handshake deals.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025
Jones saunters to the middle of the cage, shimmying his hips and arms in an imitation of Trump’s signature shuffle-dance.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
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Netflix's Love Is Blind dropped its finale on March 7 as fans clambered to know: which of the four remaining couples would walk down the aisle? Want more?—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Who wants to ride a banana boat, play on the floating trampoline or clamber on the inflatable climbing wall?—
Lynn O'Rourke Hayes,
Boston Herald,
2 Feb. 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
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Puppy enjoys the snow following a storm Are your pups ready to boogie in the snow?—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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The biggest names in the industry boogied down the Grammys red carpet at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena in fierce fashions hitting high notes and the cloth version of a crescendo.—
Erin Jensen,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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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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The words bop to the idiosyncratic beat of Price’s characters.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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What should concern Massachusetts residents, or at least the citizens of the Fifth Congressional District, is the cringey video of Clark assuming a bopping boxer stance to dance music.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There are many ways to skin this particular cat, mind you.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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But in our solar system, there’s more than one way to skin a planet.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The prohibition on climbing not only protects the structure but also safeguards visitors from potential accidents.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Their opponent’s star player had to sit out for about 10 minutes with foul trouble, and the Eagles’ points climbed.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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But then Reagan waltzed over to the route, climbed up a bit and plugged a cam into the crack.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
12 Feb. 2025
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Opponents are waltzing into the paint with little resistance, forcing New York’s defense into scramble mode and generating clean three-point looks.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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