slalom

as in to weave
to move suddenly aside or to and fro slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier

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Recent Examples of slalom The steering's lack of feel would have probably made the 500e less than fun on a twisty road, but the Fiat's smallness lent it confidence-inspiring agility while slaloming through slow traffic. Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024 Schleicher could interview the younger sisters of her classmates, slaloming the role model angle. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024 The English youngster received the ball under pressure outside of the opposition’s box before slaloming his way towards the goal, nut-megging a Wolves defender on the way. Ben Church, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024 As the album slaloms between more traditional pop-punk and sonic twists both harder and softer, the production — done solely by Barker, a first for the band — is exceedingly slick. Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 20 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for slalom 

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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slalom. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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