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[groov] / gruv /




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But just when it seemed he’d found a groove, he gave up a momentum-swinging solo home run to Philadelphia’s Brandon Marsh in the sixth inning of the Dodgers’ 10-7 loss to the Phillies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Oh yes, and drummer Charlie Watts, whose feel for groove helped define the group’s sound, died in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

But he found a groove in the third session, second fastest by just 0.043secs and then nailing a beauty of a final lap.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

“Oh my God, I was obsessed with that song,” he says now of the late ’90s country hit, in which the Chicks sing about being runaway brides over a rollicking string-band groove.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

He repeated the old doll’s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo

She shakes out our hair on the euphoric Good For The Soul, and throws shapes to the filtered grooves of Love Sensation, external.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, external, or the braggadocious Woke Up, external – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

‘No, it’s more than that. Look at the ridges and grooves carved around the rim.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

One location stood out due to the discovery of about 80 grooved stone axes, which were used to break down and process ore.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2026

Still, the energy in the room remained high as the crowd sang, bobbed their heads and grooved to the music from the comfort of their plush seats.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2026

On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

With one out in the top of the 10th, Kelly grooved an 89.5-mph slider to Caballero, who crushed a two-run homer to left-center for a 9-7 lead.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2024

Learning happens on backless benches, at wooden tables grooved by the boredom of countless boys before them—squires, monks, conscripts, cadets.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Mr. Cameron’s characters must learn the gentle wisdom of grooving along with nature, literally making themselves a part of Pandora in gestures of eco-unity.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

People also used the song endlessly, grooving and saying the song makes them want to have their own country love story, while wearing cowboy boots and a matching hat.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2024

The score also plays on the concept of time and uses electronic manipulation for ticking, grooving rhythmic passages.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2024

Anderson has aged better than George Clooney, mastering his craft and grooving his action to give the impression he has completed fast bowling.

From BBC May 12, 2024

Walking back to the car, Molly sees Jack through the windshield, eyes closed, grooving out to a song she can’t hear.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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