shimmy
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You could walk through a grocery store, hear “Billie Jean” playing over the sound system, and shimmy your shoulders, feeling slightly less guilty than you might’ve during the aughts.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
"I was just trying to shimmy out from under the covers... in my mind, going, 'Is this really happening? This is so bizarre'."
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
So he does a little shimmy and the result is humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
“Thinking about it in an abstract way helps me shimmy my feathers for the coins.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
For this stage she was supposed to shimmy up the pipe to the next floor, but found herself frozen with fear.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
From shoulder shimmies and frat flicks to somersaults and knee slides, the Flemings and Schifferles left it all on the dance floor to prove the prowess of their family name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In space, Elio stumbles across adorable skeletons and shimmies through gacky pipes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
An electric knifefish shimmies in the water for the same reason a dog sniffs or a human glances around a new place -- to make sense of their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
When the movie’s wildly popular songs come on, Simran shimmies in her seat, singing along and getting up to dance in the aisle.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance: sound meets sound, curtsies, shimmies, and retires.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
He danced to slice Mohammad Ali for four, then, next ball, shimmied to hit the same bowler over the covers for a magnificent six.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
In Paris, onstage at the Accor Arena, Dean shimmied and swayed, tossed her hair with her hands and spurred the crowd to sing along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the video, Barrymore showed off her playful side as she shimmied around her mobile living space, while giving fans a tour of its humble amenities—all while singer Enya’s “Caribbean Blue” played in the background.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
On a recent morning, hundreds of sun-dappled wishes shimmied in the tree leaves in at least 10 languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Chinese, Persian, French and Turkish among them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Jeanne tried to grab Gwenforte by the neck, but the greyhound shimmied away and barked again at Blanche.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Passengers were shimmying in practically every nook and cranny in the auditorium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Nearby, Julia Buteux’s three-dimensional installation of transparent fabric panels hang from the ceiling, shimmying in the air and inviting guests to walk around it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Around her, dancers of all ages shook their hips to Arabic music, shimmying barefoot as a woman with a neck tattoo played the derbake, a traditional drum.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
The dachshund gave a little yelp, then cringed forward, shimmying with ecstasy, till his mistress, shouting something at him, stepped hurriedly over the wire guard surrounding the tree and picked him up.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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