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[groov] / gruv /




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Oh yes, and drummer Charlie Watts, whose feel for groove helped define the group’s sound, died in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The implicit joke in the song is that no “streetwise Hercules,” as Tyler describes the man she seeks, could ever come on stronger or faster than she herself does over Steinman’s relentless groove.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Among them was US R&B star Kehlani, who jumped on a remix, fanning the song's smouldering groove into a full-blown inferno.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Tropicalia group Healing Gems and the Afro-Latin fusion band Jungle Fire will also make special appearances, all while DJ Liza Richardson keeps the groove going.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

I looked around to see we had made a smooth groove about one inch deep around the outline of the obelisk.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Sunhyeji effortlessly grooves to brand new pop hit Catch Catch, while Enyo belts out a ballad.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

A table with built-in grooves helps keep stemware steady and avoid spills on the tablecloth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, or the braggadocious Woke Up – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

There were definitely two hollow grooves that looked like eyes.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Still, the energy in the room remained high as the crowd sang, bobbed their heads and grooved to the music from the comfort of their plush seats.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2026

On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

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

Buehler gave up a two-run double to David Peralta and grooved an 0-and-2 fastball to Fernando Tatis Jr., who crushed a rally-capping two-run homer to left-center field.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2024

I reach up and touch the small pewter claddagh Celtic cross I have worn since I was six, tracking the grooved outline of the heart with my finger.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Her pig roast is also part salmon bake and part old-school cookout, a beautiful gathering of nations grooving to an eclectic vibe I’ve tried to replicate here.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

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

But the galaxy above is a fractalized freak-out: a psychedelic rainbow of delights that makes you think that more than one animator has spent time grooving to Phish in a Berkeley dorm.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

Walking back to the car, Molly sees Jack through the windshield, eyes closed, grooving out to a song she can’t hear.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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