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Recent Examples of zigzag
Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
While the playing distance is only 3.7 miles, that does not include the distances between holes or the fact that the course is measured in straight lines, while real life golf zigzags—a lot.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
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Verb
Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
While the playing distance is only 3.7 miles, that does not include the distances between holes or the fact that the course is measured in straight lines, while real life golf zigzags—a lot.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Any number of odd, zigzag examples can be used to make the case that legislative districts in Wisconsin are excessively gerrymandered.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zigzag
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This means weaving compelling narratives around the numbers, bringing the human impact of inclusion to life.Julie Kratz, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Penn State’s quarterback weaved through the depths of Hard Rock Stadium, stepping over the heaps of blue and gold confetti that paved the way to Notre Dame’s locker room.Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Walking through doorways sometimes required him to duck.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Reacher dives deep into an undercover ring by securing a job inside the operation though the stakes are high as he’s seen ducking from gunfire, explosions and no shortage of bad guys.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The suit featured a double-breasted blazer with sinuous lapels, a pocket square and black buttons on either side of the front placket.Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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Patinir’s painterly eye knows well the sinuous gradations that can be drawn from a hot monochrome.Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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The in-store experience will include red shopping bags, which symbolize good luck and prosperity in the new year, which have been redesigned with serpentine shapes in the classic T-monogram.Nick Hall, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
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The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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All three films also suggest that their protagonists find their twisted actions thrilling.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Abbott and Qualley do some of the best work of their already notable careers in a film that’s unpredictable, twisted, and, yes, funny.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Broncos were well aware of that tortuous history entering Sunday’s game against the Chiefs and played like it.Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Maria certainly has elements of this in its depiction of the singer’s tortuous relationship with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who eventually left her for Jackie Kennedy.Nate Jones, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Here weapons ordered into existence decades ago to fight the West were revived for final acts against a new generation of Russian soldiers, sent over the border by the whim of the Kremlin’s latest occupant — a long and winding case of the boomerang effect, aided by Chinese consumer tech.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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These locations give them better visibility but also provide winding advantages.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Similar items include a simple wood pedestal side table and spiral metal lamp, both found at antique markets.Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2025
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Arrange spiral side up in the prepared skillet, placing the roll so that the loose end is touching the side of the skillet or the roll next to it.Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Zigzag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zigzag. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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