shuffle
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The real priority was perfecting the Ali shuffle in the ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
These days and nights, he’s taking on a new role after a recent leadership shuffle at Google DeepMind, but he’s working as hard as ever on artificial general intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Tourtsakis had me lie down and shuffle upward until the pyramid’s center was over my hips.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
With the opposition slower to shuffle back across, the direct pass to the forward dropping deep was then played - the same pattern but executed slightly differently against a different formation.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Even though she didn’t know how to read them, Taryn loved to shuffle, shuffle, shuffle and then make Ivy draw one, proclaiming whatever card Ivy held in her hand was her destiny.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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When we see Ho-seok scolded at a grueling new job for endangering himself, he mutely absorbs it and shuffles to the side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He shuffles in from a side room, effortlessly cool in his dog-print designer shirt, external, and leads us outside.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Heineken’s move is the latest of CEO shuffles in the food and beverage industries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Before they can think about how uncomfortable it would be to live in that world, the endless scroll shuffles them along to another pristine box.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025
He shuffles into the living room, dragging his feet and slouching with his head pushed forward in a new walk that reminds me of a vulture.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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Money trickled back to some Paraguayans hit by a sprawling banking crisis Monday, while their newly appointed president shuffled his cabinet and prosecutors sought international assistance to trace missing funds.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
When most of the characters are shuffled offstage, for instance, Quincy unsurprisingly makes a move on Walter—most unfeminist behavior!—that is, also unsurprisingly, witnessed by Lyssa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Jason Beaman, a Navy and Army vet, was shuffled among therapists who later left until he finally had enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
I shuffled up to the boardwalk, beating Ma there.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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In an interview, Denise and Jeffrey’s father, Halford Fairchild, acknowledged that Jeffrey led a troubled life, shuffling in and out of jail on a variety of charges and convictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
"This is simply the shuffling around of existing departmental budgets," they added.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Walmart WMT 0.82%increase; green up pointing triangle is shuffling the leadership atop its massive U.S. business as the retailer’s new chief executive continues to build his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Those supports are a vital part of a long-term-care plan, and could do more to help stretch funds than any shuffling around of index funds or tax strategizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Nothing!” they all shouted, and a wall of trolls formed in front of the hole, shuffling me back out of the way.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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