conga

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

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 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

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

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

Aunt Tuti tapped her foot so loudly, it sounded like conga drums.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

“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

Squeezing past a set of congas he came to his signature instrument – the vibraphone.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

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

Mama’s high-pitched laughs and Madrina’s booming words are music—accordions and congas in a merengue or compas band.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

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