riff
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You can almost hear the eagles scream, guitars riff and engines rev.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
On the track’s instrumental break, the band channels a riff from the 1944 hit “Opus One.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Monty Norman's surf guitar riff and John Barry's sweeping orchestral scores spawned an entire genre of spy music – full of minor key suspense and piercing stabs of trumpet.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Blinn students are sometimes jokingly referred to as “Blinn-dergartners,” a riff on “kindergartners.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
There is, for example, the red planet Mars, with soaring volcanoes, great riff valleys, enormous planet-wide sandstorms, and, just possibly, some simple forms of life.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The company has tried to offer more products beyond jeans — such as dresses, blouses and other items geared toward women — as well as modern riffs on old favorites like 501s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But he's just as comfortable ceding the spotlight to Little Simz, or chuckling as he trades riffs with flautist Ajay Prasanna.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The finding may explain why we can build upon skills, like going from plucking single notes on a guitar to shredding rock riffs, or from dribbling a ball to making cross-court plays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Their lead single “Fabienk” is studded with hair-trigger riffs — if you can even call them that — that mix the playful nursery rhyme melodies of Battles with the no-wave drone of Sonic Youth.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
A high-pitched howl wailed over frenetic guitar riffs, followed by booming drums.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
President Donald Trump riffed on his White House predecessors in a children's podcast Friday, while also joking about his weight and musing as to whether his body is swimsuit-ready.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
But just as pizzaiolos have riffed on the Neapolitan pie, some artisanal bakers have found that the key to success lies in strategically breaking from dogma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Bono has, for decades, riffed on this concept: “America isn’t just a country, it’s an idea.”
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
Olivia Xing, who is “made in China,” as she says, riffed on why she married her husband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Bobby Gene and I riffed about it all the way down the block.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
So no one should think this was just Sotomayor riffing off the cuff.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
So, of course, they kicked it off with James Austin Johnson riffing in his Donald Trump impersonation by himself.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
In a statement following the remarks about Dingell, the White House said that the president was "just riffing".
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
“To be sitting here, and now most of the things that we were just riffing on are reality, it’s a pretty amazing feeling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
He was riffing about on his acoustic guitar.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
