jig
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So she did an uncomfortable sort of jig before walking off the set and leaving the band stranded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
Maresca's relief was palpable as he danced a jubilant jig on the touchline.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
On “Jaundice,” a stomping upbeat jig with accordion and saxophone reflecting Mr. Ellis’s interest in older folk forms, each drum hit bursts out of the speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
But though they’re different in many respects, the two best friends can see right through each other, and there’s a clock ticking until the jig is up.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
O’Dell got up and did a little jig and then fell back on the couch and put his feet up in the air and made like he was riding a bicycle.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
He was certainly buzzing with energy as he jigged around the stage at the carmaker's Texas headquarters to rapturous applause, telling the audience that while other shareholder meetings were "snoozefests", Tesla's are "bangers".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
So his marbles smashed straight while the other boys’ jigged.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Apart from during the closing ceremony, that is, where he was a picture of seething malevolence as a Scottish folk band jigged gleefully in front of him, heidrum-hodruming right up in the poor guy's grille.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2012
Elizabeth, her 90-year-old husband Prince Philip and the other senior royal family members even jigged in time to the strains of "Rule Britannia" as the last vessel carrying an orchestra and drenched singers serenaded her.
From Reuters ● Jun. 4, 2012
The face of red and white and black swung through the air and jigged toward Bill.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
The steady, rhythmic yank, then drop of the rod tip, makes this an active version of fishing called jigging.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
Through the darkness, I can make out a single figure casting and jigging at the end of the wooden walk.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
White bass are fair with jigging spoons and slabs near flats, drop-offs, and ledges in the main lake in 20-35’.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
White bass are fair on humps, flats, and ridges with white slabs and jigging spoons.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
“Even the heavy desk, which always took so much effort for us to move, was jigging up and down like a toy.”
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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