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dance

[dans, dahns] / dæns, dɑns /




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This is a necessary intervention: according to Savage, many DJs have gotten lazy, and electronic dance music is a boys club that’s difficult for trans and cisgender women to break into.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

On Wednesday morning, bereaved families and survivors gathered at a memorial for the 378 people who were killed at the Nova dance festival in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The hall will include an orchestra pit and a stage similar in size to the one at Disney Hall so it can accommodate grand orchestra, opera and dance performances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

I went to a lot of mediocre magazine parties when I was a media reporter on the magazine beat, so I see the appeal of a big dance party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Her digital fighter, clad in white karate gear, did a victory dance on the screen while Door’s was sprawled out on the ground.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Breakout sessions covered how to plan a ballot party, activist dances and street activations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

They learnt four dances, practised hard and rehearsed at home to prepare for the event, Fernhill House Care Home said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

I was friends with a senior woman who went to a lot of senior-citizen dances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

One couple flirtatiously strolls through an empty parking garage, then dances late at night in a hotel room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“There’s a mass and then a big party. Everyone gets dressed up and dances a lot. It’s supposed to mark the transition to womanhood. My grandmother has been planning mine since I was, like, two.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

When Meta rolled out its AI agent, Muse, at its Meta Connect conference last month, a life-size version of its mascot, Jolly, danced with attendees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Inside the machine, which looked like a large blender with a metal doughnut inside, blue and orange lights vibrated within glass tubes, while feathery electricity danced out the top.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

He danced to slice Mohammad Ali for four, then, next ball, shimmied to hit the same bowler over the covers for a magnificent six.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, those at the back of the “Clubhouse” tier danced freely in yards of open space, twirling, to the dismay of the onlooking VIP crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

A few pixies came out from the cracks and danced upon it, chirping in their tiny voices.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The post included a video of he and Rodriguez dancing together to “Nobody’s Perfect” by Hannah Montana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

“He engages the white construct in a way that’s intelligent and everything, and then I see this commercial where he’s sitting there playing Aretha Franklin and he’s dancing a jig,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jubilant crowds gathered outside the airport to catch a glimpse of the passengers when they landed, singing and dancing while draped in Israeli flags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

There will be fortune tellers, dancing and aerial artistry and acrobatics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nancy saw their friend Nadine Nardo dancing with the group.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene




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