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tango

[tang-goh] / ˈtæŋ goʊ /


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Enter Mr. Hegseth, who takes tango lessons whenever Mr. Trump says dance.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 16, 2026

His other passions included football, the tango and the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, a city he professed to love "more than any place else".

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

It takes two to tango, but it was only she who paid the band.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

The men also have solo turns but the suite leaves only a passing impression, of postmodern tango mixed with occasional sleek social dancing.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

She drew charcoal gray for the young round eye through her brows, after which she rubbed mango tango on her cheeks.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Kardashian’s most recent real-life legal tangos includes filing a lawsuit with her mother, Kris Jenner, against ex-boyfriend Ray J for defamation and false-light publicity.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

But after weeks of tangos, salsas and foxtrots, it was McCausland and Buswell's night as they topped the public vote.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

“I remember him raking the earth, watering the plants and singing — everything from tangos to boleros,” she said, speaking in Spanish.

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2023

He took a warm, supportive but critical approach as he watched celebrities taking on tangos and waltzes, adding a down-to-earth touch to the otherwise frequently flamboyant panel of judges.

From Reuters Apr. 24, 2023

I think of rude tangos and how he used to walk me to Marysia’s apartment in the snow.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

And perhaps even more than in her sticky-sweet pas de deux with Oh, there’s something sorrowful yet hopeful about her unpredictable tangoes with Kim Bodnia, who plays her original handler, Konstantin.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2019

At this time he danced the danzon at least as well as Edward of Wales tangoes today, was in fact, a noted cavalier.

From Time Magazine Archive

In training for three years, he smooches, smirks, tangoes, goes through the motions of re-enacting scenes from such Valentino favorites as The Sheik and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

From Time Magazine Archive

So were dance halls, until Santiago authorities reflected that slow, intimate Chilean tangoes would be just right for spreading typhus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sue foxes like she was born in a fox hole under a hollow log, but she tangoes like the original Emperor Tang himself, so go ahead and suit yourself.

From The Daredevil by Daviess, Maria Thompson

In “One From the Heart,” Coppola gave her an early lead role, and Garr — a former professional dancer — tangoed down a Las Vegas street with Frederic Forrest.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2024

The impact has tangoed off the Strictly dance floor and into venues across the country, with many seeing a surge in people wanting to sign up for classes and competitions.

From BBC Dec. 16, 2021

The clip was the coolest thing in politics since Barack Obama tangoed in Argentina.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 2019

If he’d been wearing a hat, he’d have tipped it as they tangoed on by.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2017

"Maybe the Times Building just tangoed across the square an' fell on me!" he went on with ponderous sarcasm.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

However, towards the end of the video, the man is dramatically revealed to be John Travolta, who finishes the clip by tangoing with two women.

From Fox News Aug. 7, 2019

If my agent sold my next novel for seven figures, I'd still have burn marks on my arms from tangoing with sheet pans.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2018

Twitter and other social media sites were abuzz with photo-shopped images of Obama tangoing superimposed over scenes of carnage.

From Washington Times Mar. 24, 2016

In 2000, Rickman appeared as Sharleen Spiteri’s love interest in the music video for Texas’s 2000 hit ‘In Demand’, which involves them tangoing at a petrol station.

From The Guardian Jan. 14, 2016

I coughed again, and backpedaled, the Eagle and I tangoing our way toward his living room.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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