groove
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The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Yet the trick of this irresistible groove is that it feels like a house party caving in on itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
The chunky piano house groove even includes a callback to Madonna's Express Yourself.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He bobbed first, the way he did when he kept the groove with the Bluesmen.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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“Who Is The Sky?,” which Byrne made with the producer Kid Harpoon, contrasts deep lyrics about art, home and enlightenment with bright pop arrangements filled with crisp grooves and singalong melodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the new study, researchers examined several kinds of depressions, punctures, holes, and grooves that appeared to have been left by teeth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
A table with built-in grooves helps keep stemware steady and avoid spills on the tablecloth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, the band became gay icons overnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rapidly Ranofer explained the hearthstone mold, a stone ground flat, with a bar-shaped depression in the center and little grooves scraped from it to let the air out.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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
The ray is able to swim at just the right speed that water, streaming into its mouth, can form vortices between the grooved plates.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
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
Miranda, one of the moons belonging to Uranus, features a patchwork of ridges and cliffs, grooved structures called coronae, and massive canyons up to twelve times deeper than the Grand Canyon.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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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
But the galaxy above is a fractalized freak-out: a psychedelic rainbow of delights that makes you think that more than one animator has spent time grooving to Phish in a Berkeley dorm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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
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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