boogie
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In Little Sam’s Island & Beach Fun, boogie boards and water toys sat unrented in the near-empty shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Decked out in a resplendent orange-and-blue-striped zoot suit symbolizing the colors of his beloved New York Knicks, Spike Lee hit the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet in May in full boogie mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
He had planned to tour in October and November with Tom Seals's boogie woogie band, but they put it back until 2025 because they could not get the theatre dates they wanted, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
I’d boogie to “Boogie Fever,” clap to “Born To Be Alive” and sashay to “I Will Survive,” inches from shimmying into the La-Z-Boy or Travolta-armsing our Airedale.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2024
With his ear protection firmly back in place, he started to boogie, throwing his wide brown hips out awkwardly to one side and then the other, while Ms. Banks swung smoothly in front of him.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
A few beats later, Finley boogies to “Disco Inferno” while a video of men dancing in a club plays behind her.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
I also used to throw these backyard boogies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
“And we’re bipartisan this year,” joked one of the night’s attendees, pointing out yet another change in the way Washington boogies in 2017.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2017
“All by Myself” is playing, as it was in the opening credits of the first movie—but then the song changes, and Bridget boogies to House of Pain’s “Jump Around.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2016
Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
“Moonage Daydream” won raves at May’s Cannes Film Festival, where Morgen memorably boogied down the red carpet to Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Some gleeful fans turned around to shoot selfies with Bieber, who wore a a black skullcap, shades, a white hoodie and a sparkling necklace as he boogied in the background.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
Remember when Theresa May boogied her way on to the Conservative Party conference stage to Abba's Dancing Queen?
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2021
People took to the streets and boogied down to Steam's 1969 hit "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye."
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2020
And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
There are some longueurs in its later galleries, replete with dozens of later abstract paintings and reliefs: so many dancing circles, so many boogieing lines.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
On Wednesday, Theresa May seemed to focus on the latter, making her entrance for her big conference speech by boogieing to Abba's Dancing Queen.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2018
Another photo of Trump boogieing at Le Club, the private watering hole in the 70’s on the Upper East Side where boomers went to show off and misbehave.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2018
Related: Ian McKellen: 'Gandalf the Grey likes boogieing around Hobbiton and having a drink' “There’s nothing scary about acting with her,” he continued.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 21, 2015
I don’t know what he was doing, but he was boogieing now.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2015
