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
“As soon as the sheriffs were called, they walked out of the building. They knew that their jig was up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
The cricket prepared to fling himself into the first wild strains of the jig, but suddenly he dropped his wings and said, “I’m just not up to it tonight.”
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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
When Jerzy Dudek jigged about during the 2005 Champions League final, his gentle, understated contortions put the fear of God into Andrea Pirlo.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 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
He jigged twice as fast as he had been jigging.
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 slabs or jigging spoons working the main lake channel, drop-offs, and humps.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
White bass are good when fishing slabs and white jigging spoons on main lake flats, humps, and points in 15-28’.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
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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