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
In the same compilation, Carson explained that a jive is difficult for a first dance and praised Irwin’s positivity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
But the couple still enjoy dancing, and have worked together to choreograph a new jive routine inspired by dogs, capturing their spirit at their favourite time of day - dinner time.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
“Awww, man, just turn the blanged thing on. If I gotta listen to all this jive I’m gonna go in the house and get some real cool sounds.”
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
He had been a singles skater but turning jumps into jives is not an overnight job.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
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
Not everyone in the cast jives with this rhythm; Pritchett’s full-toned bass stumbles through the tempo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
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
But even as costumed fans shimmied, jived and reminisced, the talk was of an uncertain future.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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
Linda loved dancing, jiving, rock and roll and she had been a member of a dance display group called Pat's Popsicles.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022
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
Nobody captured the bonhomie better than Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who told a whooping crowd of party faithful, “You all represent the most jiving, hip, happening, and generally funkapolitan party in the world.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
She winds her way through to me as the band pipes up with a fresh jiving number.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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