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[groov] / gruv /




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Once he escaped, however, he settled into a familiar time-trial groove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Key quote: “This is a signal that the economy may be finally finding its groove coming out of the pandemic,” said Wells Fargo economist Shannon Grein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Through the muscle pain, mental strain and those loose-fitting uniforms that are shapeless and weirdly flattering, our marriage got its groove back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Using powerful atomic force microscopy, researchers watched short pieces of DNA align with extraordinary precision, matching one another groove for groove.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

I give him the shovel before I go to work, and every time the blades of my machine cut the groove of a screw, I wonder what Max is doing.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Both of the hunter-gatherers showed an unusual dental wear pattern with deep, rounded tooth grooves, which the researchers found was caused by sucking whole betel nuts.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Mr. Iyer’s left hand is more than up to the task of the low-end contrapuntal motion that Mr. Threadgill’s music demands, and Mr. Prieto long ago mastered his idea of frictionless grooves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Instead, land-based bacteria consumed parts of the bones, while plant roots carved long grooves across their surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The lines were perfectly symmetrical, curving so gracefully from top to bottom that Tree-ear longed to run his finger along the smooth shallow grooves.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Everything was utterly rhythmical, repetitive and perfectly grooved.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

At one end of the channel, the researchers inserted 3D-printed structures resembling the grooved plates that run along the floor of the mobula ray's mouth.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

With one out in the top of the 10th, Kelly grooved an 89.5-mph slider to Caballero, who crushed a two-run homer to left-center for a 9-7 lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024

During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

I reach up and touch the small pewter claddagh Celtic cross I have worn since I was six, tracking the grooved outline of the heart with my finger.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Her pig roast is also part salmon bake and part old-school cookout, a beautiful gathering of nations grooving to an eclectic vibe I’ve tried to replicate here.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

He tells Newsbeat he finds creating and attending dance events "just changes something in your brain because you're just there grooving non-stop".

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The singer is seen grooving to his hit “Baile Inolvidable” with people of all ages in the trailer, released in mid-January.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Mr. Cameron’s characters must learn the gentle wisdom of grooving along with nature, literally making themselves a part of Pandora in gestures of eco-unity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

And Gerald's always grooving right next to her, watching her every move.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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