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groove

[groov] / gruv /




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The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

“It takes people three months to get in the groove with it,” Mecham said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Pharrell’s ad-libs and inserts interrupting the groove at perfect intervals to wake up the dancefloor.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

The band took a few years to find its groove.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

I imagined joining one, introducing myself as the new kid in town, cracking a few jokes, starting to groove.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

Instead, land-based bacteria consumed parts of the bones, while plant roots carved long grooves across their surfaces.

From Science Daily Aug. 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, external, or the braggadocious Woke Up, external – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

As my fingers traced the grooves in the wood, I could hear Teacher Gu’s voice saying, “It will be all right.”

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

Rushing hammered the grooved fastball to left-center field, just shy of the Citizens Bank Park concourse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 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

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

Lapp read the note, scanned it again, then wrinkled his upper lip, squinched his nose until the bridge was thoroughly grooved, and weighted down his entire prissy face with a formidable, puzzled frown.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

I distinctly remember being on the family Mac in Brasília at 13 years old, grooving to a CD I’d just burned and thinking: If only my future friends at my new school could hear this.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 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

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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