conga
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Later, the ebullient Treat People With Kindness saw a giant conga line snaking around the stadium.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
Like my feet wanted to get up and march around the room in a conga line.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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
When Lourdes finally danced with her nephew, she felt beholden to the congas, to a powerful longing to dance.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
