shuffling
Americanadjective
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moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
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prevaricating; evasive.
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For all of their recent scuffing and shuffling, these loaded, baseball-ruining Dodgers should be able to survive an Ohtani skip day every so often.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
In early hip-hop and dance music, Mr. Gibbs heard echoes of the shuffling feet and handclaps of a ring shout, the communal spiritual ritual in which enslaved Africans used their own bodies as instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
This was Alexander-Arnold in microcosm, and was not the sort of performance to have Tuchel shuffling the names already formed in his mind for World Cup selection.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The group fused indigenous Zulu songs and dances with South African isicathamiya, an acapella tradition frequently accompanied by a soft, shuffling style of dance.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
By performing many transpositions on the same plaintext, and shuffling the columns, you can create a baffling message.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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