shuffle
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“He’s done so many intangible things that I think get lost in the shuffle of numbers and metrics,” Prior said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
There was no loud techno music or gimmickry, only the constant shuffle of people looking for a business opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
As the battle for places in Europe hots up in the Premier League, the race to shuffle papers to satisfy Uefa's bureaucrats has been just as intense.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
When “Swinging Party,” by the Replacements, came on my shuffle for the millionth time, I knew I had to do something different.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
My heart radiates badoom, so I stand and shuffle into the living room and pick a book off my parents’ shelf.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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Heineken’s move is the latest of CEO shuffles in the food and beverage industries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He shuffles through them, reminiscing about his parents, siblings and cousins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
This process shuffles existing genetic material into new combinations, which can help restore functional diversity as populations expand.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Logan Roy, one of the richest men on the planet, shuffles off this mortal coil in his private jet’s toilet.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
She shuffles so she does not bash her shins on something.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The U.S. players, meanwhile, shuffled off toward home with a different tune ringing in their ears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Not 20 people shuffled around near the bar, lingering on opposite walls.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Hundreds of young Chinese students clutching pens and their IDs shuffled into a testing centre in blue-skied Beijing on Sunday, swarmed by parents, joining millions sitting for the national high-stakes university entrance exam.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Devine masterfully shuffled around her crease throughout, often ending up in a heap on the ground, but it was effective in throwing the seamers off their length.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Beneath the miles and miles of petticoats I was wearing to fill out my shiny green skirt, I shuffled my boots and tried to get comfortable on the stiff sofa.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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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
If Tuchel does know his best team, he is hiding it well – and the amount of shuffling on the flanks and in defence suggests he does not.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
An AFP journalist captured rare footage at Al-Rahmaniyah camp showing exhausted women shuffling under a punishing sun, jerrycans swaying on their heads after hours spent waiting for water at a distant well.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
In early hip-hop and dance music, Mr. Gibbs heard echoes of the shuffling feet and handclaps of a ring shout, the communal spiritual ritual in which enslaved Africans used their own bodies as instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There was an embarrassed shuffling in the ranks of the listeners.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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