samba
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But on Sunday afternoon against Norway, that samba soccer met its match: a 6-foot-5 Viking warrior who has absolutely no time for anything fancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Brazilians will pack into a Queens restaurant where samba dancers provide pregame entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The performances are judged over 10 categories by a total of 40 judges, with the top 12 samba schools competing for the title.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
One of the composers of the samba told local media that Lula had cried when Academicos leaders travelled to Brasilia last year to play the song for him.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
There’s a Brazilian samba she stamps to in bare feet, waving her arms until she is flushed ^nd exuberant with the rhythm of the drums.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
She still loves street-wear, and vintage, and is known to be a fan of sambas.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
In Thursday’s news conference, Brazilian Coach Tite answered questions about injuries, tactics and Croatia but mostly was quizzed about dancing — specifically, Brazil’s post-goal sambas that have included its 61-year-old coach.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
There are those dances, for one thing — freestyle choreographic interpretations of ancient rituals by Aztecs and Incas, as well as sambas, mambos, tangos and an Irish jig.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
The show, in which the celebrities and professional dancers perform tangos, waltzes, sambas and other dances, is among the top-rated U.S.
From Reuters ● Feb. 26, 2013
Their new show Can't Dance raises a witty, defiant two fingers to sequins and sambas.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2010
Ms. Dalomba found herself choking up as she sambaed past her popcorn shop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
At a state ball during his visit to Rio two years ago, he made the gesture of leaving with President Dutra at midnight, then returned, removed his presidential sash, and sambaed till dawn.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, when the two nations announced a territorial waters agreement, it was clear that Brazil had sambaed away with the talks.
From Time Magazine Archive
After dinner, he went to a reception at the Brazilian embassy where he sambaed until 3:30.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the game, Brazil, sharing the same hotel as the U.S. team, celebrated the victory by sambaing through the hotel lobby, beating drums, and literally dancing around the dejected U.S. team.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2015
On the floor below, three dance bands, thousands of voices, brigades of clinking bottles and the hypnotic hop of feet endlessly sambaing built a solid wall of sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of sightseeing or sambaing in nightclubs with gallants from the Chamber of Commerce, they flew directly to Parana's coffee-raising center, 200 miles inland from Sao Paulo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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South America - Middle School
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