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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The curving observation tower functions as a massive sundial and marks the changing of the seasons.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Like walking into the dense Amazonian jungle and suddenly finding yourself in an open clearing, the entryway is a narrow, curving driveway that spits visitors into a cavernous inner chamber.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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The idea that the Browns will bench him but not cut him in 2025 seems like a distinction without a difference.Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Zag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zag. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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