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
Growing up in Santa Monica, Ren initially resisted the nearby industry and decided to zag, finding early success as a teenager on social media, specifically the 2012-era of microblog Tumblr.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Lane Kiffin zigs when others zag, and the Ole Miss football coach got awfully ziggy with it Saturday.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Jones gradually ratchets up power, adding jolting brass and a string section that zigs and zags dramatically.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Lane Kiffin zigs when others zag, and the Ole Miss football coach got awfully ziggy with it Saturday.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Jones gradually ratchets up power, adding jolting brass and a string section that zigs and zags dramatically.
—Elias Leight, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Plus, the Heat typically will zig while other teams will zag.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zag
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Less than two weeks later, a Learjet 35A owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil, who was not on the plane, veered off the runway while landing, and crashed into a Gulfstream business jet on the ramp at Scottsdale Municipal Airport, in Arizona, and the pilot died.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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What To Know European leaders are veering away from previous plans to deploy troops to Ukraine just after Kyiv and Moscow agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea, as well as a halt on attacks against energy infrastructure targets for 30 days.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In other words, a function can only zig and zag so much.—
Solomon Adams,
WIRED,
23 Feb. 2025
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More importantly, Honor continues to zig when other Android phones zag, giving us a device that stands out from the crowd a bit.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The most recent of the roadway fatalities took place about 7:45 a.m. Monday, when a westbound Ford SUV veered off a curving stretch of Gopher Canyon Road in Bonsall and crashed into a ditch near Valley of the King Road, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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The connection to contemporary art also informs the design of the bottle, which was inspired by the curving landforms of Charles Jencks’ Cells of Life at Jupiter Artland.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The mom of one most notably cut her hair in January 2023, debuting a head-turning, blunt bob.—
Dayna Haffenden,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Logistics giants elsewhere in the supply chain are cutting employees as well.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Zag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zag. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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