conga

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In no time, there were conga lines and limbo contests, and by the wee hours, someone always ended up at the emergency room and at least one marriage was in peril.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Winkleman added: "This means everything. We're so grateful. We're going to do the conga."

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

“But salsa was a beat that they picked up in the street. And they wore it down so long that they put it in a conga and that’s where salsa began.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

With my head still like the bottom of a beaten conga drum, I stand up.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi