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

In no time, there were conga lines and limbo contests, and by the wee hours, someone always ended up at the emergency room and at least one marriage was in peril.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

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

Emily’s dad put his hands on her mother’s hips and pretended to do an embarrassing conga that was mostly shrugging shoulders and the occasional kick.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“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

All other band members, which also include congas player Julian Peña Jr., bajo quinto player Alberto “Beto” Acosta and drummer Carlos Guerrero, already have a gramophone tattoo to represent their Latin Grammy victories to date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

Daddy played the congas in a go-go band called the Shaw Boyz with my uncle Robby.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson

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