samba
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When Madlib led him out of the hotel room in São Paulo, all the samba schools were training rigorously for the Carnival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
A few years later McFadden returned to sample live samba for “The Garden,” the song from “The Audience’s Listening” that has nearly 11 million Spotify streams, the most in his solo discography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But on Sunday afternoon against Norway, that samba soccer met its match: a 6-foot-5 Viking warrior who has absolutely no time for anything fancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The performances are judged over 10 categories by a total of 40 judges, with the top 12 samba schools competing for the title.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
This includes older blended traditions such as rumba and samba, newer but well-established blended genres such as reggae and Afrobeat, and groups with unique experimental sounds borrowing from more than one tradition.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
She still loves street-wear, and vintage, and is known to be a fan of sambas.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
The thousands of Brazilians packing the venerable venue danced and sang along as he played his rock-influenced sambas.
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2023
In Thursday’s news conference, Brazilian Coach Tite answered questions about injuries, tactics and Croatia but mostly was quizzed about dancing — specifically, Brazil’s post-goal sambas that have included its 61-year-old coach.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
“But you can escape that inequality in a few places: the sambas, the beaches and the dive bars.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
One of Brazil’s best loved sambas – “Na cadência do samba” – ponders the aspiration of every Rio musician: dying in the midst of a foot-stomping jam session.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2020
Ms. Dalomba found herself choking up as she sambaed past her popcorn shop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2018
At a state ball during his visit to Rio two years ago, he made the gesture of leaving with President Dutra at midnight, then returned, removed his presidential sash, and sambaed till dawn.
From Time Magazine Archive
After dinner, he went to a reception at the Brazilian embassy where he sambaed until 3:30.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, when the two nations announced a territorial waters agreement, it was clear that Brazil had sambaed away with the talks.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the game, Brazil, sharing the same hotel as the U.S. team, celebrated the victory by sambaing through the hotel lobby, beating drums, and literally dancing around the dejected U.S. team.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2015
Instead of sightseeing or sambaing in nightclubs with gallants from the Chamber of Commerce, they flew directly to Parana's coffee-raising center, 200 miles inland from Sao Paulo.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the floor below, three dance bands, thousands of voices, brigades of clinking bottles and the hypnotic hop of feet endlessly sambaing built a solid wall of sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
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South America - Middle School
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