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as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the room lurched with every jolt of the earthquake
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as in to stagger
to move forward while swaying from side to side
dressed in his zombie costume, the boy lurched down the street in his quest for Halloween candy
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as in washout
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Recent Examples of lurch
David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
And this wasn’t just manifesting in terms of Trump in California, because there are a bunch of statewide ballot measures where people also seem to lurch a little rightward, right?
—Miranda Kennedy, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Jenni Reid,silvia Amaro, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But the candidate who campaigned for President in the 2020 Democratic primary was part of the party’s leftward lurch.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
The past year provided yet another stretch of political tumult, as American leaders and voters lurched from one crisis to the next: from Donald Trump’s felony convictions to Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and the election itself.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
And this wasn’t just manifesting in terms of Trump in California, because there are a bunch of statewide ballot measures where people also seem to lurch a little rightward, right?
—Miranda Kennedy, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
Noun
How Trump could affect the oil market in 2025 and which stocks might benefit
Ahead of the U.S. election in November, EU officials spent months preparing for a lurch toward U.S. protectionism and for a more confrontational relationship with the White House, in the event of a Trump victory.
—Jenni Reid,silvia Amaro, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
But the candidate who campaigned for President in the 2020 Democratic primary was part of the party’s leftward lurch.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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In the last clip, Alba continues to sway her hips and dance in a grey sweatshirt and matching leggings while Hayes dribbles his basketball.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to The Athletic, the option to pick his own general manager helped sway Coen’s mind and the 39-year-old was back in Jacksonville a day later to visit the team.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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During combat, adrenaline is built up and that’s used for special moves like a Battle Cry that staggers enemies or other tide-turning moves.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Even in 2023 when the Yankees staggered to an 82-win finish their bullpen produced a 3.34 ERA.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts.—
Chris Kirschner,
The Athletic,
22 Nov. 2024
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The coach reportedly failed to shake hands with the coaches of Denver Torah.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Video surveillance footage from inside the St. Paul Saloon showed Pickens shaking hands with Brown, then immediately making a phone call to Moore and tipping him off of Brown’s whereabouts.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2025
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The building’s collapse was also one of the deadliest structural engineering failures in United States history.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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Environmental groups warned the order could hasten ecological collapse in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
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Proof of that legacy comes with D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Terry Lewis and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid attesting to the Family Stone’s massive popularity at the time over footage of the group rocking the stage.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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Other performers were able to camp it up, in costume to cover ‘90s hits by Cher or the Spice Girls, but rocking it out with Carlile and the Hanseroth Twins headbanging behind her, Amanfu sounded as serious as a heart attack.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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James Hansen The upside of a first week in which things — mostly — went to seeding The 2025 Australian Open has not been a tournament of upsets so far, and fans are already seeing the benefits, with numerous tight matches between two top-20 players in the third round.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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As for the young guns in men’s tennis, three teenagers remain alive and two have already pulled off major upsets.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Drawing the Line Against Russia Mr. Blinken’s first test, the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, was widely seen as a fiasco.—
Edward Wong,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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That sequence was eerily similar to a goal-line fiasco against Ohio State.—
Audrey Snyder,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lurch. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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