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jag

[jag] / dʒæg /
NOUN
an intoxicated condition
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NOUN
a spree
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"I had worries about getting the jag because I don't want to get it, but I had also don't want to get the virus," he said.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2025

Since its buying jag began, the company has filed suit in federal court against a group of families the firm purchased property from, seeking $510 million.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2023

Here’s another one for the “Kendall can’t stand to see his family get bullied” file: When Mencken makes fun of Roman’s crying jag, Kendall immediately shuts that joke down.

From New York Times May 21, 2023

For a moment, I wondered whether there might be some new subtlety in nuclear-deterrence strategy, or some strange jag in Russian military thinking, that might rebut my conclusion.

From Slate Mar. 27, 2023

May had not had a crying jag since June performed her tomato-throwing fit, and we were all holding our breath.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

Shell-shocked, he suffered panic attacks and crying jags but seems to have settled down after a sleepover with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2025

Just think of poor Ben Platt in the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen”: His crying jags, so potent on the stage, proved unfortunately memeable in the movies.

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2021

Please make sure you get all jags as soon as you can.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2021

He immediately ruled out spasmodic dysphonia and asked Emmons whether she had experienced inappropriate laughing or crying jags.

From Washington Post Jul. 9, 2021

This one had jags and peaks, a mountain range of black water.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

McElwee stitches together the past and present to find new meaning in their seams, a jagged line that runs through time and points toward the future.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

German soldiers specialized in incorporating jagged chunks of shrapnel.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Cheslin Kolbe, who jagged off the same foot to ice Owen Farrell's ankles in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, danced in at the end of that attack.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Throughout the earthquake zone, people without any proper equipment have been seen pulling victims from jagged piles of masonry and rebar.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Beyond its jagged edges I saw deep water through the mist.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

One is camouflage khaki, another has neon laser stripes jagging across it, a third glows in the dark.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2024

Gurley finally produced a run of significance, jagging through the Patriots defense for 16 yards a run that would have been run-of-the-mill a few months ago but gave the Rams a glimmer of hope.

From The Guardian Feb. 3, 2019

We bushwhacked until we came to a series of ditches, eight feet deep or more, jagging this way and that every few yards, sometimes intersecting with other deep, zigzaggy ditches.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2014

Bobbing and jagging, the path looks cluttered and wild, but it’s just how molecules move in space.

From Scientific American Jun. 28, 2013

He’d gone a little different with the Mohawk too, buzzing it close to his scalp and jagging it so it looked like a thunderbolt.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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