conga

I heard, in preparation for this story, that the DJ occasionally requests that visitors form a conga Iine.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Later, the ebullient Treat People With Kindness saw a giant conga line snaking around the stadium.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

This neighbor ended up teaching young Melvin to play conga drums and introduced him to his first bass teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

“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

At that point, the band consisted of Keith Strickland on guitar, Ricky Wilson on congas, and Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider on vocals.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

A drum kit, piano and congas stood by in the living room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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

A few secondhand mint-condition musical instruments like trumpets, trombones, congas, and tambourines were on display inside a glass case, their price tags sticking out like a tag on a dead man’s toe.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

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