tango

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Duvall was married three times before meeting Luciana Pedraza, a young woman who was dared by her friends to approach him on a Buenos Aires street and invite him to a tango gathering.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

He could move with the grace of the tango aficionado he became or with the slow, pained gait of the cancer-ridden editor he played in “The Paper.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

It takes two to tango, but it was only she who paid the band.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

Ellie was voted out in week six, Halloween week, after dancing a tango to Lady Gaga's Abracadabra.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

I couldn’t even think what a tango sounded like.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron