groove
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The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s game, getting him back healthy and in a groove was vital for the Dodgers’ postseason ambitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Pharrell’s ad-libs and inserts interrupting the groove at perfect intervals to wake up the dancefloor.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Oh yes, and drummer Charlie Watts, whose feel for groove helped define the group’s sound, died in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He tried to bump the cart out of the groove; it was too heavy to be easily bounced.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Sunhyeji effortlessly grooves to brand new pop hit Catch Catch, while Enyo belts out a ballad.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
A table with built-in grooves helps keep stemware steady and avoid spills on the tablecloth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, or the braggadocious Woke Up – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Carvings were etched up and down the wood, and it hummed as giant hands found familiar grooves.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Three pitches into the bottom of the sixth, Sheehan grooved a fastball to Marsh, and he hit it out for a 5-3 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025
He grooved with gymnasts Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles and donned dressage boots with his pal Martha Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
The ray is able to swim at just the right speed that water, streaming into its mouth, can form vortices between the grooved plates.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Lapp read the note, scanned it again, then wrinkled his upper lip, squinched his nose until the bridge was thoroughly grooved, and weighted down his entire prissy face with a formidable, puzzled frown.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
On those songs, the percussive combination of Messrs. Hussain and Harland is striking—lively and festive on “Jai Ganga”; slyly grooving on “Tagore”; slow and alluring on “Bharati’s Dance, Tempo Divine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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 score also plays on the concept of time and uses electronic manipulation for ticking, grooving rhythmic passages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
A used-record store with a hand-painted sign showing people grooving amid an explosion of musical notes.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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