rapping
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He’s like a cringeworthy successor to Poochie, the rapping dog “with an attitude” developed at the behest of pathetically uncool network-television executives in an old episode of “The Simpsons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Shakur’s rapping is casually virtuosic, suave even as he tosses off boasts, taunts and threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
So I wrote songs, I started rapping to entertain myself.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Lindo starts rapping on the wood table separating us and doesn’t stop until I ask if he’s a man given to superstition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
No more swinging, slapping, or bed-destroying; just gentle rapping, proof of an afterlife.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Many of them have persecuted clergymen, as in the case of Methodism's founder, John Wesley, who was an interested observer of knockings, rappings and agitated warming pans at Epworth Rectory in 1716-17.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Lily Dale, centre for spiritualists, he spent the most fantastic day in his life going to seances, listening to spirit rappings, interviewing mediums.
From Time Magazine Archive
The committee “entirely failed to discover any means” by which the rappings were made by the sisters.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From their ranks at Corinthian Hall, Wednesday night’s audience selected a five-man committee to test Maggie and Leah and decide whether the rappings were a humbug.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
They fell into trances and interpreted rappings just like Kate had done.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
