shuffle
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Tourtsakis had me lie down and shuffle upward until the pyramid’s center was over my hips.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
With the opposition slower to shuffle back across, the direct pass to the forward dropping deep was then played - the same pattern but executed slightly differently against a different formation.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Dodgers designated McDermott for assignment on Friday in the midst of a reliever shuffle to prepare for a bullpen game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
In February, PayPal announced that Lores would take over as CEO in a surprise shuffle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He could hear the owl shuffle about right above him, a single tail away.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
The eight-speed transmission shuffles up to overdrive as soon as the throttle pressure slackens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Heineken’s move is the latest of CEO shuffles in the food and beverage industries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
After competitions, Gu is the one every media outlet wants to speak to, and she gracefully and politely obliges as she slowly shuffles through the mixed zone.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Before they can think about how uncomfortable it would be to live in that world, the endless scroll shuffles them along to another pristine box.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025
He brews a cup of tea and gives me privacy as he shuffles through some proofs.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
Venegas scrolled through his phone while Penna shuffled past us to grab a drink from the office fridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Jason Beaman, a Navy and Army vet, was shuffled among therapists who later left until he finally had enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The company has also shuffled its lower ranks over that time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
The dysfunction starts in the early grades and worsens as children are shuffled through the system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
As it shuffled toward Marina, that extra training with firearms came to her rescue.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The shuffling confusion of the Central Registry recalls the Circumlocution Office in Dickens’s “Little Dorrit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Zone One” is a smart take on the shuffling hordes and pandemic survivors who try to take Manhattan back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Those supports are a vital part of a long-term-care plan, and could do more to help stretch funds than any shuffling around of index funds or tax strategizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
If Tuchel does know his best team, he is hiding it well – and the amount of shuffling on the flanks and in defence suggests he does not.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Behind me, I could hear Mama’s slippers shuffling around on the hardwood floor, and she was humming.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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