jive
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Cantrell says he’s experimenting with “vibe coding External link,” which I hear a lot, and sometimes mistakenly call jive coding, which works, too.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Back in the actual 1990s, ice dancers cycled through traditional dances: samba, blues, polka, rumba, quickstep, tango, jive, paso doble, Viennese waltz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
They also performed a football-themed jive to One Way Or Another by Blondie, earning them a standing ovation - and their second perfect score of the night.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Maher was tasked by Tonioli to perform a jive as her redemption dance — the same type of dance that made her cry during a previous week’s judging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Nevertheless, Onofre still enjoyed playing his walking bass, and although he never gave concerts at 5:00 P.M., his neighbors often heard that jive bass coming from the Chateau Martinez around dusk.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Standard time, the group argues, better jives with the movement of the sun and the circadian rhythm, or body clock, of human beings.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
By checking in on irrigation systems and soil wetness, especially during the early transplant/growing days, you'll work out a routine that jives for your specific plan.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022
“There is a rapaciousness in the air, bordering on the obscene, as the city contorts, bends, shucks and jives to become whatever version of itself will bring about the largest turn of profit,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2020
My version is perfectly suited for families and jives with the sheet-pan cooking method popular today.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2019
So now my jives are off: pray Heaven he be here!
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis
So grateful for all the success — it’s really cool that people have jived with it and listened to it the way they have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
His leadership style and his approach to things haven’t always jived with manager Scott Servais.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
If someone came to me and was like, you could do this cool thing for Netflix or whatever and it really jived with my life, I would do it, but I don’t know.
From The Verge ● Aug. 24, 2021
The Church heaved and jived for almost 30 years.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2020
He juked and jived and spun and danced and darted, and he left them squeezing handfuls of air.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
"She used to love dancing. You'd put Elvis on and she'd be up jiving and dancing in the living room - now she still taps her foot," said Helen.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021
Today, the “damas” or “big mothers” as the dancers are known, can be found dancing in the early mornings and evenings, blasting their stereos, waving fans and scarves, while jitterbugging, waltzing and jiving.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
Is hand jiving to Dancing Queen from inside a stationary Ford Focus on your bucket list?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2020
She drags me onto the dance floor, jiving and snapping her fingers.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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