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disco

[dis-koh] / ˈdɪs koʊ /
NOUN
discotheque
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The group’s self-titled, guitar-drenched first album met a desire for hard rock when many popular artists were pivoting to disco and funk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Her research started with the usual suspects of nightlife lore — 1920s Paris, 1970s disco and 1990s raves.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

A sparkly disco jacket owned by the wife of the fielding coach…

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

My nephew Randy, who’s one of my managers, he wanted me to take some of the Tijuana Brass records and do a little disco number with them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

"No disco," Annie said, as chuckles cascaded through the room.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

I could hear all the traffic in L.A. coming to my house at two o’clock when the pubs and the discos closed.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Lewis English, a consultant for the Acoustic Fish Deterrence Delivery Group, says the lives of 182 million fish a year are on the line and that fish discos effectively scatter their patrons.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Mr Williams added that Efan got his first DJ decks as a Christmas present when he was eight, the family having held lots of lockdown discos at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

The "absolutely fantastic" parent-teacher association has also raised £20,000 in the last year through sponsored challenges, film nights and discos at the school.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2025

Then Mrs. Kurtz hip-bumped me, the way people did when they danced at discos in the seventies.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Bill and his partner Emma Slater discoed to Cher’s “Strong Enough,” much to everyone’s amusement and horror.

From Time Nov. 5, 2013

The 'runners' wined and dined and discoed, and now they are back to treating us like we didn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Christina's whirl is now Manhattan, where she went discoing at Studio 54 last week with Nikos Boukis, a childhood friend whose family is also into ships.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mariana says he "is a pretty good dancer, but he would be real good if we could go discoing more often."

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan's Central Park, the box phe nomenon has linked up with the roller-skating craze to produce a bizarre form of discoing that not only defies description but se riously discourages it.

From Time Magazine Archive




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