shuffle

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

They shuffle their feet to Whitney Houston’s “Love Is a Contact Sport,” while another dancer hops on a pole and spins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

The president developed his own trademark dance to accompany the song -- a stiff shuffle of the hips and fist bumps at waist-high level.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Ryan sat down and began to shuffle books and papers while Miss K talked about numbers.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

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

That Garbus shuffles late-night bits into the action punctuates the blur of corporate interests and celebrity that the Murdochs represent.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 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

The pile of papers on a nearby desk shifts and shuffles until a single business card finds its way to the surface and sails across the room.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

He shuffled, shifted his weight, and the ground disappeared out from under him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

“Oh, no!” cried Nhamo as the scruffy baboon shuffled toward her, smacking his lips.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

Ultimately, it could be decided that moving Bethell and Smith to accommodate Rew is too much shuffling.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Charizard and Pikachu, they’re kind of bubbly and kind of lighthearted,” he said while shuffling through Pokémon cards and other themed paraphernalia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

By first light there was the shuffling of feet to be heard, and creaking cartwheels and occasionally a neighing horse.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo