shimmy
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A little shimmy in the area to feint away from a defender, then a precise curling finish into the top corner.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
You could walk through a grocery store, hear “Billie Jean” playing over the sound system, and shimmy your shoulders, feeling slightly less guilty than you might’ve during the aughts.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Days later, he broke out Olajuwon’s signature close-range shimmy, known as the “Dream Shake.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Accompanied by his superstar partner, Rihanna, exhibiting her sizable baby bump, the rapper locked eyes with Lee and the two broke out into a spontaneous shimmy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
I shimmy into clothes and Celia comes in, still wearing her sweaty tank top and bike shorts.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“Last Night” shimmies its way toward an eventual crescendo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In space, Elio stumbles across adorable skeletons and shimmies through gacky pipes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
An electric knifefish shimmies in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place -- to make sense of their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
He feints and shimmies and dances, the ball never leaving his spell.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
She drops forward suddenly at the waist, throws her head back, and shimmies.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
“She just pushed that duct tape up and shimmied right out of that chair,” Roebuck recalls.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In Paris, onstage at the Accor Arena, Dean shimmied and swayed, tossed her hair with her hands and spurred the crowd to sing along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the video, Barrymore showed off her playful side as she shimmied around her mobile living space, while giving fans a tour of its humble amenities—all while singer Enya’s “Caribbean Blue” played in the background.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
"The lad had shimmied up a drainpipe on the outside of the building because he didn't want to go through the reception and ask."
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
They shimmied through a gap in the iron fence surrounding their school, just small enough for a Witchling.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
Passengers were shimmying in practically every nook and cranny in the auditorium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Around her, dancers of all ages shook their hips to Arabic music, shimmying barefoot as a woman with a neck tattoo played the derbake, a traditional drum.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
I’d boogie to “Boogie Fever,” clap to “Born To Be Alive” and sashay to “I Will Survive,” inches from shimmying into the La-Z-Boy or Travolta-armsing our Airedale.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
Father said, “What were you doing shimmying up that tree in the first place, Ruth May?”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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