Mexican wave

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the rippling effect produced when the spectators in successive sections of a sports stadium stand up while raising their arms and then sit down

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Word Origin for Mexican wave

C20: so called because it was first demonstrated at the World Cup in Mexico in 1986

Words nearby Mexican wave

Mexican Spanish, Mexican standoff, Mexican star, Mexican tea, Mexican War, Mexican wave, Mexico, Mexico City, Meyer, Meyerbeer, Meyerhof

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So, as far as Mexican officials like Peña Nieto are concerned, the goal is to keep their countrymen here — and keep them happy.
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Two-thirds of those who likely to benefit from the new policy are Mexican.
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Thus it attracted a wave of cowboy operators to fly passengers and cargo between cities.
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There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.
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The army has since conducted a brutal wave of jailings against activists and journalists.
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At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
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But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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The Mexican artillery soon laid a part of the fort in ruins.
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The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
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