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waltz

[wawlts] / wɔlts /
NOUN
dance
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"Don't waltz into your interview all casual with an iced coffee, it just looks like you didn't have time to finish your coffee beforehand," said US recruiter Caitlin Wehniainen.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s easy to see why Ken Paxton thought he could waltz right into the role of senator from Texas.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Late in the film, we also meet a third group headed by Allison Janney doing a cap-tip to Nurse Ratched as the soundtrack cues the mind-numbing waltz from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

And wow did they waltz right through that open door.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

“It’s these modern, newfangled dances like the waltz that take so much out of me.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Everywhere in the world there are New Year’s concerts featuring Strauss waltzes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

Wallace soon waltzes into the room to take over, having accessorised his usual clothes with a larger-than-life sparkling red bow tie.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

No wonder Woodward is still writing all these books; the guy’s just trying to enjoy his canapés, and the country’s top military officer waltzes over to share choice content like this.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2024

It waltzes right indoors, and right to the shiny refreshed kitchen and new family room, where it meets its dazzling friend teal.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

When she listened to the waltzes of Pietro Crespi she felt the same desire to weep that she had had in adolescence, as if time and harsh lessons had meant nothing.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Brocklebank powered over from close range for his first ever Prem try but Scotland international Jordan waltzed through a gap in the Red Bulls defence minutes after.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

A group of break dancers waltzed through the stage as rapper Shaboozey joined Caton in the vocals, who used a guitar similar to the one his character used in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

Ukraine's newly installed defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov waltzed on stage like a stand-up comedian to take the mic in front of journalists in Kyiv as a sleek slideshow zoomed across a map of the country.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Back in March, however, security staff waltzed in and confiscated four standalone PCs that were networked to an inkjet printer, one after another, leaving us with typewriters to type our legal work.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2024

Lefty began waltzing Desdemona around, European-style; he waltzed her outside, across the yard, over to the cocoonery, and back under the grape arbor, and she laughed and covered her mouth with her hand.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Gen. Ken Paxton released an ad depicting two of his opponents for a Senate seat — Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett — waltzing and swinging.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

Likewise, in a town just north of Manchester, fans queued up to see their own waltzing, weaving wizard in Jay-Jay Okocha, who became the face of Sam Allardyce's Bolton Wanderers revolution.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

The Tennessee Titans trailed the Arizona Cardinals 21-3 at one point, and the deficit was about to get even bigger when running back Emari Demercado was waltzing toward the end zone for a 71-yard score.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

The courtly gentleman guided women around the floor to big band standards with all the aplomb of teenage boys waltzing at a cotillion dance they’ve been forced to attend by their parents.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025

A couple times I thought I saw Dylan waltzing in, but it wasn’t him.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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