jag

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Recent Examples of jag That’s how music became the unofficial theme of our India jag and an enduring source of fascination for him. Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025 On Rogan, Cooper went on a jag essentially about how he was not given free rein to empathize with Nazis and how antisemites were being unfairly banished from the public square. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The guard said 'stand right here' and the Queen came by driving herself home from church in her jag [Jaguar car]. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 There’s the deep sea portion—the Davy Jones’ Locker realm where only top-secret missions and movie directors on submarine jags dare venture. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2024 Trump appears to go on posting jags, sometimes well after midnight, rattling off Truths multiple times a minute. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024 Since its buying jag began, the company has filed suit in federal court against a group of families the firm purchased property from, seeking $510 million. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023 One bear, on a jag this spring, broke into multiple unlocked vehicles. Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023 Alcohol exacerbated Brian’s fragile disposition — leading to tantrums, meltdowns, car crashes, and crying jags. Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jag
Noun
  • That was one of the assets that Lilly acquired as part of its acquisition spree in 2023 , and muscle mass preservation is one of its distinguishing features.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 June 2025
  • Still in Cherryvale today, the town’s historical museum features a section dedicated to the Benders – including photographs, replicas of wanted posters, and even a set of three hammers believed to have been used by the family in their three-year murder spree.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • This graph from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) shows the spike in missiles and drones Russia launched after Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb attack on Russian airfields.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
  • The 10-year Treasury is closely tied to the real estate sector, as a spike in yields raises borrowing costs and hurts returns on real estate investments.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Dropped as a rare (for Prime Video) binge on April 24, Étoile didn’t chart on Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 for Originals.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 June 2025
  • The central bank gold buying binge should continue for at least another two years.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • But the snag is that group is getting smaller and smaller.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
  • Following the completion, an acrobatic snag near the left sideline, McCarthy raced down the field and chest-bumped the 6-foot-5, 252-pound Muse.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • These stickers claimed that the manufacturer was responsible for the deaths of AIDS patients due to the high price of AZT, the only drug approved at the time or treating HIV/AIDS.
    Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
  • Orozco’s stickers of abstraction posed the question of whether abstraction—denigrated to its lowest possible level—could now serve as a last sign of resistance and redemption from the totalitarian conditions of reification.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • The previous committee report found that of the 148 grassroots music venues lost in 2023, approximately 22 percent closed due to operational issues, such as the revocation of premises licences or unachievable license renewal terms.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
  • With today’s renewal, All American will now get a chance to resolve the cliffhanger from its Season 7 finale, which cut to black before viewers could learn who won a pivotal playoff game between the Beverly High Eagles and South Crenshaw Chargers.
    Rebecca Luther, TVLine, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Tuck the overhang under, then seal the top crust to the bottom crust by pressing gently all along the edges with the tines of a fork.
    Ellen Gray, Saveur, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • There, Rowling posts several times a day in support of gender fundamentalism to her 14 million-plus followers, frequently trading barbs with commenters—even fracturing her relationship with Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint—while toasting her own personal successes.
    Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Weekly analysis and insights from Asia’s largest economy in your inbox Subscribe now Despite the recent de-escalation following the Geneva talks, Beijing and Washington have continued to trade barbs.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 23 May 2025

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“Jag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jag. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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