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Recent Examples of shimmy
The men, ranging in age from 19 to 42, some wearing orange jail uniforms and others in long, white pants and T-shirts, each shimmied through the hole, some pausing to leave taunting messages on the wall.
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Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 24 May 2025
Other hunters, shimmying up a stand of trees, dismantle nests that birds have built with the coveted cinnamon twig.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Simpson gripped the tool from the left, shimmying backward in her teal Nikes.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
At his best, Watkins will have minimal hesitation, driving diagonally towards the goal before shimmying, producing one stepover and backing himself to hit the roof of the net with his weaker left foot.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 24 May 2025
Other hunters, shimmying up a stand of trees, dismantle nests that birds have built with the coveted cinnamon twig.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Simpson gripped the tool from the left, shimmying backward in her teal Nikes.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
At his best, Watkins will have minimal hesitation, driving diagonally towards the goal before shimmying, producing one stepover and backing himself to hit the roof of the net with his weaker left foot.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shimmy
Verb
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The officer pulls the door open and the bear comes clambering out.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2025
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Igor Jesus adapted quickly, clambering past Soares in the pecking order and registering six goals and an assist in his first seven starts.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.—
The Christian Science Monitor,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Aug. 2022
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The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests.—
DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer,
NOLA.com,
25 Jan. 2021
Verb
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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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But fewer than a dozen have been recorded making the trek on a prone paddle, where racers lay flat or balanced on their knees and shins using their arms and hands to paddle.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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Mays hit for both power and for average while also shinning at running, throwing and fielding.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
19 June 2024
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Dress it up with heels for an evening out, or pair it with sneakers and bop around town in style.—
Elaina Verhoff,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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He was known for throwing from the stage with incredible accuracy one of his sticks, bopping people on the head.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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In particular, Jess Carter was skinned three times by Delpinhe Cascarino in the first half — two warning signs, and then the assist for Marie-Antoinette Katoto’s opener.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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It is packed with 12 actives including a Suprême Skin Bio Complex (to boost skin renewal), which brightens, de-puffs, smoothens and firms skin around the eye area.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Verb
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Don't run away or climb a tree, which may provoke a chase.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
8 July 2025
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On Monday, the death toll from the flooding climbed to more than 100, according to officials.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Footage filmed by an audience member shows the 18-time Grammy nominee, real name Austin Richard Post, waltzing up toward the edge of the stage holding up a red Solo cup and leaning down to toast with the fan filming Saturday in Glendale.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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Spain waltzed through qualification with no team in League A picking up more points or scoring more goals.—
Darren Richman,
New York Times,
2 July 2025
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“Shimmy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shimmy. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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