groove
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Ratings have dipped and the jury's still out, but critics say they are slowly getting into the groove.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The researchers compared several groove shapes, including narrow channels with square profiles and longer channels with curved bottoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Once he escaped, however, he settled into a familiar time-trial groove.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The blast put the Dodgers up 3-0 in the third inning, with Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto settling into a groove on the other side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The water has risen to the upper edge of the track’s groove and is beginning to spill onto the landing itself.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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For that project, the engineers patterned a gel disk with grooves extending outward from its center and forming concentric circles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Both of the hunter-gatherers showed an unusual dental wear pattern with deep, rounded tooth grooves, which the researchers found was caused by sucking whole betel nuts.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Iyer’s left hand is more than up to the task of the low-end contrapuntal motion that Mr. Threadgill’s music demands, and Mr. Prieto long ago mastered his idea of frictionless grooves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the festival, Fairlee was indeed laser-focused on getting to Rodrigo’s set — but she also enjoyed Santigold’s live grooves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The handles had gouged deep grooves in his fingers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Everything was utterly rhythmical, repetitive and perfectly grooved.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He grooved with gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles and donned dressage boots with his pal Martha Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
At one end of the channel, the researchers inserted 3D-printed structures resembling the grooved plates that run along the floor of the mobula ray's mouth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys before them—squires, monks, conscripts, cadets.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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He tells Newsbeat he finds creating and attending dance events "just changes something in your brain because you're just there grooving non-stop".
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Mr. Cameron’s characters must learn the gentle wisdom of grooving along with nature, literally making themselves a part of Pandora in gestures of eco-unity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
The score also plays on the concept of time and uses electronic manipulation for ticking, grooving rhythmic passages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Even in its earliest manifestations, there was a peculiar combination of grooving energy and inherent sadness in their music that would pervade their hitmaking efforts with Fleetwood Mac and beyond.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
A used-record store with a hand-painted sign showing people grooving amid an explosion of musical notes.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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