boogie
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In Little Sam’s Island & Beach Fun, boogie boards and water toys sat unrented in the near-empty shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry grew up together in Macon, Ga., where they played Southern boogie rock, and moved to Athens to attend college at the University of Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
"Because that's my lineage and the things I grew up listening to. If you want to boogie on down, you listen to a Mette record."
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Beyoncé has never sounded more southern as she sings, "It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown."
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024
A group of kids comes toward us, laughing and dragging boogie boards, reminding me of better times.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
I also used to throw these backyard boogies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
“And we’re bipartisan this year,” joked one of the night’s attendees, pointing out yet another change in the way Washington boogies in 2017.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2017
“All by Myself” is playing, as it was in the opening credits of the first movie—but then the song changes, and Bridget boogies to House of Pain’s “Jump Around.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016
He hears the first strains of Cab Calloway and immediately brightens, reminisces and boogies — Alzheimer’s be damned.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2014
Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Convention attendees also saw the moves of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who boogied his way to the stage to giggles in the room.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
People took to the streets and boogied down to Steam's 1969 hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye."
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2020
The 76-year-old showed no signs of poor health or even his age as he danced, pranced and boogied up and down a long catwalk that extended to the middle of the stadium’s field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
On Wednesday, Theresa May seemed to focus on the latter, making her entrance for her big conference speech by boogieing to Abba's Dancing Queen.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2018
Another photo of Trump boogieing at Le Club, the private watering hole in the 70’s on the Upper East Side where boomers went to show off and misbehave.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2018
Little ones can start boogieing immediately with Karen Arcenaux, who will start the fun with Zumba, and then enjoy multicultural performances by groups like the New York Arabic Orchestra and Uptown Social Club.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2017
Related: Ian McKellen: 'Gandalf the Grey likes boogieing around Hobbiton and having a drink' “There’s nothing scary about acting with her,” he continued.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2015
I don’t know what he was doing, but he was boogieing now.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015
