jig
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But there’s an optimism in knowing for sure that the jig is up.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 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
It felt as though hundreds of tiny people were dancing a jig inside her and tickling her with their toes.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
He was certainly buzzing with energy as he jigged around the stage at the carmaker's Texas headquarters to rapturous applause, telling the audience that while other shareholder meetings were "snoozefests", Tesla's are "bangers".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
So his marbles smashed straight while the other boys’ jigged.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
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
Winwood, who looked like a dapper geography teacher, moved between guitar and Hammond organ, behind which his legs jigged wildly, seemingly of their own accord.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2010
The more I described my brother, my parents, our makeshift community before Dad left with the Council, the more I remembered, like the way my uncle jigged to heavy metal.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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 slabs or jigging spoons working the main lake channel, drop-offs, and humps.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
White bass and hybrids are fair on live bait, slabs, and jigging spoons on flats and humps.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
Hamilton's laugh came out of him like a coiled spring jigging up and down.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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