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shuffle

[shuhf-uhl] / ˈʃʌf əl /




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The president developed his own trademark dance to accompany the song -- a stiff shuffle of the hips and fist bumps at waist-high level.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

I cut class short and shuffle quickly back to my faculty house just off campus, where we moved from Culver City after I was hired as a full-time lecturer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

The only noise overnight was the opening and closing of the curtains and shuffle of flip flops for bathroom runs.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

As the battle for places in Europe hots up in the Premier League, the race to shuffle papers to satisfy Uefa's bureaucrats has been just as intense.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Jonathan watched him silently, watching the slow, limping shuffle and stride of the weakened leg.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Heineken’s move is the latest of CEO shuffles in the food and beverage industries.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

This process shuffles existing genetic material into new combinations, which can help restore functional diversity as populations expand.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2026

After competitions, Gu is the one every media outlet wants to speak to, and she gracefully and politely obliges as she slowly shuffles through the mixed zone.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

Before they can think about how uncomfortable it would be to live in that world, the endless scroll shuffles them along to another pristine box.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2025

In the morning, as the Doctorita shuffles around in her bathrobe and Nino Carlitos shaves with his buzzing razor, I wonder if I’ll miss them.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Though France coach Didier Deschamps tweaked his personnel and shuffled his assortment of dazzling attackers, nothing seemed to click.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Not 20 people shuffled around near the bar, lingering on opposite walls.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

The game shifted into an unexpected bullpen game, and the Dodgers shuffled through seven pitchers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

Gran shuffled over to another towering pile and removed the top two boxes.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Those supports are a vital part of a long-term-care plan, and could do more to help stretch funds than any shuffling around of index funds or tax strategizing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

An AFP journalist captured rare footage at Al-Rahmaniyah camp showing exhausted women shuffling under a punishing sun, jerrycans swaying on their heads after hours spent waiting for water at a distant well.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

In early hip-hop and dance music, Mr. Gibbs heard echoes of the shuffling feet and handclaps of a ring shout, the communal spiritual ritual in which enslaved Africans used their own bodies as instruments.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Ultimately, it could be decided that moving Bethell and Smith to accommodate Rew is too much shuffling.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

We went on that way, with her crisp footsteps tip-tapping down the wooden sidewalk and my boots shuffling along after her, until we reached another intersection.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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