jig
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I had my fingers crossed that “Late Night” would haul out Mee-Maw for one last jig when it returned on Monday.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Maresca's relief was palpable as he danced a jubilant jig on the touchline.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
On “Jaundice,” a stomping upbeat jig with accordion and saxophone reflecting Mr. Ellis’s interest in older folk forms, each drum hit bursts out of the speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
I saw Pereira do a little jig after his side got a late point at Tottenham.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
After them the goat-legged boy came out and did a grotesque jig whilst one of Yurkhaz’s slaves played on a bone flute.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The emotion flooded out as he jigged and wheeled across the green.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
So his marbles smashed straight while the other boys’ jigged.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Apart from during the closing ceremony, that is, where he was a picture of seething malevolence as a Scottish folk band jigged gleefully in front of him, heidrum-hodruming right up in the poor guy's grille.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2012
Elizabeth, her 90-year-old husband Prince Philip and the other senior royal family members even jigged in time to the strains of "Rule Britannia" as the last vessel carrying an orchestra and drenched singers serenaded her.
From Reuters ● Jun. 4, 2012
Grandma jigged just a little minute more, then she stopped.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The steady, rhythmic yank, then drop of the rod tip, makes this an active version of fishing called jigging.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
Through the darkness, I can make out a single figure casting and jigging at the end of the wooden walk.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
White bass are fair with jigging spoons and slabs near flats, drop-offs, and ledges in the main lake in 20-35’.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
White bass are slow fishing slabs and jigging spoons on main lake flats, humps, and points in 20-35’.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
With time to kill, I headed east, jigging my route so I could inspect different buildings and shop windows.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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