juke
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Walking through the exhibition, specially-programmed headsets react to the environment - creating a personalised DJ Mix as the music evolves from juke joints and jazz clubs to reggae nights, carnival and pirate radio.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
The newbie nominee won the trophy out of the gate for his portrayal of twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s juke joint-and-vampires movie “Sinners.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Sammie, an emerging blues singer, penned the piece as a confession to his pastor father and his performance was powerful enough to set the roof a juke joint on fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
They appeared on panels moderated by celebrity boosters such as Austin Butler and Denzel Washington, and mingled at a Los Angeles supper club that got turned into the juke joint from the movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
They were still milling around, the juke box baying, the piano thumping, and over at the end of the room, drenched with beer, Supercargo lay like a spent horse upon the bar.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
O.J. did as O.J. was famous for doing, and juked.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
In his best play of the season, Hemby evaded one defender, then juked another as he took the ball 61 yards to the 2.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
Nacua made one last adroit cut to his left, juked past a security guard, joined his teammates and accepted the ball seconds before his absence would have been awkward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Toney caught Arryn Siposs’ line-drive punt at the Chiefs’ 30-yard, started to the left, then juked his way out of a tackle before reversing course.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
He juked and jived and spun and danced and darted, and he left them squeezing handfuls of air.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
He scrambled up the middle for eight yards on the Chargers’ first possession, juking Tennessee linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. so aggressively that the former Chargers linebacker toppled to the turf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024
Stroud, juking a defender to buy time before throwing across the field to tight end Evan Engram in the left corner of the end zone.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
The result is something like shuffling, juking bas-reliefs or ghosts.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Irving skittered across the lane juking defenders on his way to 24 points, six rebounds and five assists.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2022
We joked a little more, I thought like regular American men, faking, dipping, juking.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
