groove
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By that point, Stafford had found his groove, hitting receiver Puka Nacua throughout the fourth quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Kind of getting in the groove of things, understanding everything a lot better out there playing a lot more free, a lot more loose and looking more like myself to me,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Using powerful atomic force microscopy, researchers watched short pieces of DNA align with extraordinary precision, matching one another groove for groove.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Over a woozy, wavy groove that sounds like a water-damaged recording of a jazz-fusion ballad as it stretches past seven minutes, she tosses out observations about African-American history and the state of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Once I've got a groove, the work requires less effort but is almost more than I can handle.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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In contrast, the neighboring grooves between these ridges, called sulci, still contained considerable amyloid buildup.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Computer simulations then revealed what appears to make this close contact possible: positively charged metal ions can settle into the grooves of DNA and serve as tiny molecular bridges between the two molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Iyer’s left hand is more than up to the task of the low-end contrapuntal motion that Mr. Threadgill’s music demands, and Mr. Prieto long ago mastered his idea of frictionless grooves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Heavy on grooves and jams, this album sometimes feels unfocused and indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Over in the production group at ATK, a whole different division, they sometimes had trouble with a machine that inspected the booster rockets’ O-ring grooves to make sure there was no corrosion.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Everything was utterly rhythmical, repetitive and perfectly grooved.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
Muscular go-go dancers grooved in a cloud of rainbow fog while patrons vibed to hits by Selena and Bad Bunny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
During Bomba Estéreo’s energizing set, a dozen or so kids, some atop their parents’ bouncing shoulders, grooved to the vibrantly clopping percussion on the hard-surface dance floor laid in front of the stage.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
The hard, grooved candy stick is both sweet and sour, a jolt of flavor so intense I almost swoon.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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On those songs, the percussive combination of Messrs. Hussain and Harland is striking—lively and festive on “Jai Ganga”; slyly grooving on “Tagore”; slow and alluring on “Bharati’s Dance, Tempo Divine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He’s padded the movie with shots of B.J. grooving by himself in a taxicab or splitting his pants while showing off his dance moves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
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
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
At the moment, however, Scott did not appear to be grooving in the slightest; instead he looked anxious and extremely tired.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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