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as in lumbering
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as in ambling
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as in stomping
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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Recent Examples of shuffling
Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Nonetheless the popular image of idealized childhood was a shorthand for innocence, joy, suspension of disbelief, and shuffling responsibility aside.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 Dec. 2024
Unlike in professional sports – in which there are set start dates for free agency – the transfer portal windows allow for fluid athlete movement in college sports and a massive amount of shuffling takes place during the break in semesters of the academic calendar.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Its shuffling around the release schedule didn’t give me much hope, and word spread from someone at a rival studio that the exhibitor screening didn’t go well, also dampening my hopes.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
The city of Baltimore is shuffling its 2025 schedule for signature events like Artscape and AFRAM.
—Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
In addition, both received the Order of the British Empire in different years (2003 and 2017, respectively), and some tabloid media are shuffling the possibility of their knighthood.
—Nuria Luis, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
James has been shuffling between the Lakers and the G League as Los Angeles tries to work out a plan to give him time for development.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
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But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.
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After easily stopping Thanos and Nam-gyu from curb-stomping Ming-gyu at lunch, In-ho earns a lot of people’s respect.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
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In a similar vein, Malloy’s musical score is almost anonymously eclectic — wistful ballads, stomping pop, a smattering of EDM — but threaded through with enough strains of Russian folk and klezmer to suggest a sense of place.Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Protests keep disrupting life in Dhaka, the capital.Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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For example, Russian GPS jamming near Kaliningrad in 2023 affected over 46,000 flights to and from Europe, disrupting civilian and military operations alike.Jack Hidary, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Firms are scrambling to add tax professionals, but with a relatively spares talent pool, that means heavier workloads for existing CPAs.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Although the name suggests otherwise, the custard should never be allowed to actually boil, which would risk scrambling the eggs and ruining the custard.Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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Experts warn that an afternoon or evening coffee could disrupt your circadian rhythm, disturbing your sleep.Jenna Anderson, Health, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Piano Teacher asks you (and teaches you) to stick with disturbing moments and unpleasant characters.Ilana Masad, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
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Retailers have been forced to work harder to win customer dollars, and demand has been unsteady as consumers think twice before buying things that may be wants rather than needs.Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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His government collapsed in November in a budget dispute but his coalition had been unsteady for months.Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Shuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffling. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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