groove
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“Neon Signs,” with vocals by Andrew Wyatt of electro-pop trio Miike Snow, has an appealing groove and worthy harmonies, but you can’t help but wish the chorus were considerably better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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
“This is a signal that the economy may be finally finding its groove coming out of the pandemic,” said Wells Fargo economist Shannon Grein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Using powerful atomic force microscopy, researchers watched short pieces of DNA align with extraordinary precision, matching one another groove for groove.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
“So you mixed Beena’s48 ‘Mumbai Love Song,’ the groove from Hip-Hopera’s La-La Boheme, and Elvis Presley?
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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Computer simulations then revealed what appears to make this close contact possible: positively charged metal ions can settle into the grooves of DNA and serve as tiny molecular bridges between the two molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 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
Instead, land-based bacteria consumed parts of the bones, while plant roots carved long grooves across their surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sunhyeji effortlessly grooves to brand new pop hit Catch Catch, while Enyo belts out a ballad.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Jones slid the needle across the first few grooves of the record.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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Everything was utterly rhythmical, repetitive and perfectly grooved.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
The hard, grooved candy stick is both sweet and sour, a jolt of flavor so intense I almost swoon.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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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
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
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
At the moment, however, Scott did not appear to be grooving in the slightest; instead he looked anxious and extremely tired.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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