funk
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Other acts performing on Friday include indie rock band Wolf Alice, veteran funk star Nile Rodgers and psychedelic rock band the Beta Band, who reformed last year after more than two decades away.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
While he assembled a crack team to play intricate, explosive funk, he did not treat them as equals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
These days, news that the housing market continues to be in a funk barely elicits an eyebrow raise from traders.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The funk and sunshine of preserved lemon stirred into a vinaigrette.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Although his sweet-smelling breath was an improvement over burped-tuna-flavored funk, my nose still wrinkled.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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“We played offense tonight, and sometimes you’ve got to do that to get out of funks, and I was real happy with how we executed.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
Psychiatrists and psychologists talk to us, shock us and above all, medicate us to lift us from our funks.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 24, 2022
He watched two teammates bust out of funks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
Sometimes, cooking funks arrive without warning — and they don't care whether you have a pantry full of groceries, or are having friends over in two hours, or are hungry literally right now.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2021
He felt deeply responsible for Eric, who could be cheerfully upbeat but could also grow morose and withdrawn and sometimes would sink into deep funks, not talking for days.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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The reason was obvious, although Bach didn’t quite put it in these terms: the Games needed to be funked up for a younger generation.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2017
Gospel-infused smokin' swamp pop, clearly on-topic and funked up by Spooner Oldham's spiky, staccato keyboard flourishes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2011
Berserk and beautiful: classical waltz music funked up for dancing by rock's baddest bad boy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At this crux, his tears accomplished what his nerve funked.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I felt that the long eyes watched to see if I "funked," but I think my features remained as noncommittal as those of Buddha himself.
From Lord John in New York by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
After funking up Marymoor Park with an ace band in 2019, the 81-year-old progressive jazz great’s taking it inside to the Paramount Theatre’s more acoustically advanced surroundings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
Herbie Hancock played “Watermelon Man” in all of its Blue Note piano splendor before funking it up with a handheld synthesizer.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2016
"Everybody funking and don't know how," sang Clinton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2016
The troubadour goes optimistic in the title track before funking out on “Walking Like a Man” and the bluegrass-influenced “Roses in the Rain.”
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2015
Make up your mind that there's nothing to be frightened of, and funking will be the last thing you'll want to do.
From Just Gerry by Chaundler, Christine
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