as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the crowd roared as the clown on the bicycle zagged while the other clowns, in hot pursuit, zigged
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Recent Examples of zag
The series’s willingness to blow up relationships, reveal hidden secrets, and zig the plot one way after setting it up to zag the other way give it a lot of options.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
There are several mountain biking trails that zig and zag up tight, dusty paths and through thickly wooded forest, and others that are perfect for more intermediate riders with only slight elevation gains.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Runners zip and zag among the tables, bearing teetering stacks of bamboo steamer trays, shedding the vertical layers table by table.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
There are plenty of very good interviews, and the case zigs and zags with an engaging sense of mounting unease.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
There are several mountain biking trails that zig and zag up tight, dusty paths and through thickly wooded forest, and others that are perfect for more intermediate riders with only slight elevation gains.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Runners zip and zag among the tables, bearing teetering stacks of bamboo steamer trays, shedding the vertical layers table by table.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
There are plenty of very good interviews, and the case zigs and zags with an engaging sense of mounting unease.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zag
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In the dash camera video, the man dressed as Santa can be seen veering through multiple lanes of traffic.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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In Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, a driver veered his car into crowds of people at a Christmas market, resulting in fatalities and dozens of injuries.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Yet there could also be arguments to zig when others zag and focus on existing channels and motions that work well when everyone is chasing new ones.Michelle Tan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sean likes to break the mold, and kinda zig when everybody else is zagging.Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
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In 1957, his research into relativity, Einstein’s idea that the fabric of space is curved by gravitation, revealed a fascinating byproduct.Ken Bridges, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
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The ground-level Emerald Garden Pool & Bar is a mix between Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden and Gaudí — a lagoon-like tropical pool made from vibrant green and blue mosaic tiles that curves around like a lazy river, emulating the natural pools native to Brazil’s Bonito region.Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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Nordstrom announced plans last year to shutter its Canadian operations, closing all stores in the country and cutting 2,500 jobs.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Shares in Truth Social fell 6% as a result, before ending the day down 2%, and the move cut about $200 million from the president-elect’s net worth.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Zag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zag. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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