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Recent Examples of lunges
FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The trainer noted that the aero version of this move is easier and more forgiving on the knees than traditional reverse lunges because the rope helps pull you up.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Incorporating toning exercises every few minutes, like jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, or squat jumps, can also help, suggested Kirsch.
—Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
In front of the pizzeria where you are taken on your birthdays, your dad lunges.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
That frees you up to add a little wobble to your lunges, sumo squats, or wide-grip push-ups.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
Sometimes the guest is a celebrity; sometimes the guest is a normal person; sometimes, this being the New York subway, a stranger lunges into the shot, interrupting the interview, and Rahma rolls with it.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
Lateral Lunges Lateral lunges effectively target both adductor and abductor muscles, improving leg strength and stability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast, Drollette's team developed a set of movements that could be done in place without equipment—air squats, high knees, jumping jacks and lunges.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Continue reading … GAVELED OUT – Democrat lunges at chairman's gavel as immigration hearing descends into chaos.
—FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The trainer noted that the aero version of this move is easier and more forgiving on the knees than traditional reverse lunges because the rope helps pull you up.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Incorporating toning exercises every few minutes, like jumping jacks, walking lunges, squats, or squat jumps, can also help, suggested Kirsch.
—Kristin Canning, Health, 22 Sep. 2025
In front of the pizzeria where you are taken on your birthdays, your dad lunges.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
That frees you up to add a little wobble to your lunges, sumo squats, or wide-grip push-ups.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
Sometimes the guest is a celebrity; sometimes the guest is a normal person; sometimes, this being the New York subway, a stranger lunges into the shot, interrupting the interview, and Rahma rolls with it.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
Lateral Lunges Lateral lunges effectively target both adductor and abductor muscles, improving leg strength and stability.
—Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
In contrast, Drollette's team developed a set of movements that could be done in place without equipment—air squats, high knees, jumping jacks and lunges.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunges
Noun
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DeChambeau’s teammates responded by suggesting that such jabs would only serve to unleash the Kraken.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The chaotic two-day meeting followed previous steps by Kennedy to limit access to vaccines, including the CDC's decision to drop Covid shot recommendations for healthy kids and pregnant women, and the Food and Drug Administration's limits on who can get new Covid jabs.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Stardust Racers, the sinewy roller coaster that towers over Epic Universe, shoots bodies through the sky at more than 60 miles an hour and plunges them toward the surface of the Earth from the height of a 10-story building.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, that slight is the last thing Prater hears before Dexter plunges a knife into his heart.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But when the weather turns crisp, visitors should turn their attention to the interior of the park, where New England hardwoods like oak, maple, and beech offer punches of color to the evergreen forest.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
26 Sep. 2025
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Even after three seasons, the series still delivers unexpected twists and gut-punches.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The driver seat dives well below the belt line offering a sporty position, and overall visibility is great.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Mercury dives into Scorpio, urging us to suss out the truth.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Lunges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunges. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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