conga
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The chain’s executives are hoping that those planned visits will include paying $20 to $40 a ticket to join the conga line and throwing down at the bar.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
In no time, there were conga lines and limbo contests, and by the wee hours, someone always ended up at the emergency room and at least one marriage was in peril.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Sometimes, as has been documented in a BBC series narrated by David Attenborough, they swap shells in a conga line, in which each crab puts on a shell discarded by a larger companion.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
"As a Canadian I am saddened, appalled, disgusted and angry that King Charles appears to be joining the conga line of supplicants," said Jo-Ann in Ontario.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
And then I want the flag of Borinquen and a big conga with Freddy’s face on it, can you paint that?”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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“Let There Be Love” finds the drummer using his hands on his tom-toms to make them sound like congas, giving the track an Erroll Garner flavor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
At that point, the band consisted of Keith Strickland on guitar, Ricky Wilson on congas, and Pierson, Cindy Wilson and Fred Schneider on vocals.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
At his signal, the strings went off on a pizzicato run, buoyed by harps and congas, before dissolving into a bass drum pulse beneath simmering horns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
From the sidewalk outside El Fogón, you can see the twin rotisseries slowly spinning in place, the skewers stacked high and wide until they look like congas.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
Mama’s high-pitched laughs and Madrina’s booming words are music—accordions and congas in a merengue or compas band.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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Schweini should suffer no repeat tonight: these days opponents crumble in front of him, rather than congaing behind him.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2010