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British Cycling gave us great kit – nice shorts, shoes, gloves, but no anti-abrasion ointment, no medical chat about the dangers of chafing our cha-chas out of existence.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2019

The Elgart band’s repertoire shifted away from its earlier experiments in jazz into a polite lineup of big-band favorites, cha-chas and bossa nova standards.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

He and a trio started with an album for Decca Records called “Bagels and Bongos,” which whimsically transformed melancholy Yiddish chestnuts like “Raisins and Almonds” and “My Yiddishe Momme” into cha-chas or mambos.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016

And after an evening full of snappy cha-chas, a fiery Sheila E. and a somewhat less fiery Selena Gomez, the two bottom teams would shimmy for their lives in the first-ever duel.

From Time • Apr. 18, 2012

The party will start with refreshments, followed by dancing—rock and roll on the record player for Susie’s friends and merengues and cha-chas by a live Dominican combo for her parents’ guests.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez