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disco

[dis-koh] / ˈdɪs koʊ /
NOUN
discotheque
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Barely five years since he started racing actual cars, he could now celebrate the most prestigious title in motor-racing—by leading a huge Italo disco singalong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

She puts on silent disco walks along Felixstowe's promenade and "clubbercise" evening classes where people work out to music with glowsticks.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Selena’s background was in Tejano, yet she was heavily influenced by heavy-hitters in pop, disco and R&B — namely Jody Watley, Janet Jackson and Donna Summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Superfly also serves as a community hub, with weekly yoga and Pilates, disco nights, Halloween parties and brand activations.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2022

He shared how noisy his new neighborhood was, and we laughed about the time we performed a dance routine to “Shining Star”—one of Dad’s favorite oldies disco hits.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Trivia, festive family feud with the stars, cookie decorating, ornament making, Christmas caroling, Christmas karaoke, silent discos, Zumba and, of course, movie marathons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Lewis English, a consultant for the Acoustic Fish Deterrence Delivery Group, says the lives of 182 million fish a year are on the line and that fish discos effectively scatter their patrons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Mr Williams added that Efan got his first DJ decks as a Christmas present when he was eight, the family having held lots of lockdown discos at home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Their hits featured in the soundtrack to school discos, people would flick through magazines for posters and debate who their favourite member was.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025

Then Mrs. Kurtz hip-bumped me, the way people did when they danced at discos in the seventies.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

Bill and his partner Emma Slater discoed to Cher’s “Strong Enough,” much to everyone’s amusement and horror.

From Time ● Nov. 5, 2013

The 'runners' wined and dined and discoed, and now they are back to treating us like we didn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Christina's whirl is now Manhattan, where she went discoing at Studio 54 last week with Nikos Boukis, a childhood friend whose family is also into ships.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan's Central Park, the box phe nomenon has linked up with the roller-skating craze to produce a bizarre form of discoing that not only defies description but se riously discourages it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mariana says he "is a pretty good dancer, but he would be real good if we could go discoing more often."

From Time Magazine Archive


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