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funk

[fuhngk] / fʌŋk /


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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

“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He felt deeply responsible for Eric, who could be cheerfully upbeat but could also grow morose and withdrawn and sometimes would sink into deep funks, not talking for days.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

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

At this crux, his tears accomplished what his nerve funked.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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