shuffle
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The camera can cut instantly between short scenes, while actors, sets and props take time to shuffle on and off the stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Newly hatched turtles then burst from the sand together and shuffle furiously to the sea, guided by moonlight reflecting off the water and fueled by a temporary external yolk sac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
My parents shuffle me into the backseat of the chief of police’s car and shut the door.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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When we see Ho-seok scolded at a grueling new job for endangering himself, he mutely absorbs it and shuffles to the side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He shuffles in from a side room, effortlessly cool in his dog-print designer shirt, external, and leads us outside.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Heineken’s move is the latest of CEO shuffles in the food and beverage industries.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Logan Roy, one of the richest men on the planet, shuffles off this mortal coil in his private jet’s toilet.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2025
Most of them barely glance at us, but eventually, an old man shuffles up, adjusts his dusty white turban, and leans on his cane.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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Money trickled back to some Paraguayans hit by a sprawling banking crisis Monday, while their newly appointed president shuffled his cabinet and prosecutors sought international assistance to trace missing funds.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 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
Roughly a dozen people at the if-you-know-you-know event grooved and shuffled to EDM music while kayak enthusiasts paddled by and locals fished for carp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
One former No 10 staffer recalls arriving early in the morning, being "shuffled through weird corridors, taken into a room, choosing logins and signing our lives away".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Callaway turned to face us when we reached the combat mats, and he shuffled through the papers in his hands until he found the one he was searching for and looked up.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Rather than pulling their money from the market, investors are increasingly shuffling money from one pocket to the other, said Farzin Azarm, a managing director of equities trading at Mizuho Americas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
The video, made in collaboration with faceless director Lauzza, features buildings shuffling on beat and other excerpts of British culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Walmart WMT 0.82%increase; green up pointing triangle is shuffling the leadership atop its massive U.S. business as the retailer’s new chief executive continues to build his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
An AFP journalist captured rare footage at Al-Rahmaniyah camp showing exhausted women shuffling under a punishing sun, jerrycans swaying on their heads after hours spent waiting for water at a distant well.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
He could hear Yai and Yord inside, shuffling their feet and sliding boxes across the floor.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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