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Recent Examples of jitterbug
Franzke, who loved to jitterbug as a kid, served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945, flying Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers off the carrier USS Saginaw Bay in the Pacific.
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Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
Patti jitterbugging to a Les Paul and Mary Ford record.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.
—Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2020
Patti jitterbugging to a Les Paul and Mary Ford record.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Against these, Davis superimposes the bright, almost jitterbugging mosaic pattern on the mother’s spandex pants.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Bush caught a screen pass and jitterbugged past a diving tackler and exploded into the open field.
—Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitterbug
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At Sunday’s Women’s FA Cup final, which Chelsea won 3-0 against Manchester United to clinch a historic undefeated domestic treble, Williams waltzed through the mixed zone first, the entourage — including her husband — trailing behind the tennis great, cherubs in her wake.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Kansas City has won the division nine straight years and waltzed to the title again in 2024.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
12 May 2025
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Get The Recipe 14 of 30 Harvest Punch Give fresh apples and cinnamon time to tango so that all of their rich flavors can blend together before pouring yourself a glass.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2025
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Francis does love the dance – in 2014, thousands of Catholics tangoed in St. Peter’s Square to honor his birthday.—
Molly Jackson,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2025
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Curaçao August is great for: retro-minded music fans ready to boogie.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
26 May 2025
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Popular since at least the early 1970s, poppers were thought to enhance pleasure in the bedroom and while boogieing on disco dance floors to anthems by the likes of Donna Summer and Loleatta Holloway.—
Jacob Bernstein,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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And so all those things were bopping around my head.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
5 May 2025
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At 8 years old, Wellman was bopping around the backside at Del Mar, and at 14, working as a groom.—
Dana O'Neil,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The fang gang present themselves as yearning European folk enthusiasts and later as jigging fiends and sometime metalheads.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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In the back bay especially, vertically jigging these lures around bridge pilings and across channels can be deadly.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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Be Courtesy To Other Shoppers To a Southerner, manners are top of mind, so pushing, shoving, and being rude over buying things doesn’t jive with a genteel way of life.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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From electronics to delicate fabrics, natural stone, and more, there are a variety of surfaces and materials that just don’t jive with this household cleaning staple.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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Larry Bowa still remembers the two kids, sons of Philadelphia Phillies catcher Bob Boone, shagging fly balls in the outfield at the old Veterans Stadium.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Iglesias said shagged in the outfield the last few days in case he’d be needed.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Bemused tourists attempt to shuffle through the acrid red and blue flare smoke.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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All of those departures except for Stark came before the draft, meaning Paton was left to shuffle the chairs and adjust on the fly to ensure the Broncos were prepared.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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“Jitterbug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jitterbug. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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