conga
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The chain’s executives are hoping that those planned visits will include paying $20 to $40 a ticket to join the conga line and throwing down at the bar.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
On social media this weekend, Trump applauded a picture of a map showing a conga line of vessels sailing to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Time will tell, but for now Californians — and most of America — are stuck doing the same old clock-face conga on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2026
In that euphoric moment, the King's mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, then 19, had also secretly gone out among the crowds and had been part of a conga at the Ritz hotel.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
When they were all doing the march-and-hop, they formed a train, hands on shoulders, and did a choo-choo or conga around the gym.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Within minutes, Mars sat behind a pair of bright red congas for Cha Cha, signalling the start of a set that moved between R&B, funk, Latin influences and pop.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Let There Be Love” finds the drummer using his hands on his tom-toms to make them sound like congas, giving the track an Erroll Garner flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Spanish guitars, congas and mariachi horns blare throughout the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
From the sidewalk outside El Fogón, you can see the twin rotisseries slowly spinning in place, the skewers stacked high and wide until they look like congas.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
Would you like to play congas on it?
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
Schweini should suffer no repeat tonight: these days opponents crumble in front of him, rather than congaing behind him.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2010
