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[zig-zag] / ˈzɪgˌzæg /


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Even the chisels -- straight, curved or zigzag, depending on the motif -- are made here.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

It is housed in a zigzag building of titanium zinc—a striking Berlin landmark that draws thousands of tourists for the architecture alone—designed by Daniel Libeskind, an American architect of Polish-Jewish extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Court transcripts, transcripts of conversations Nuzzi’s had with other reporters and snapshots of a D.C. politico’s high life collide with one another in disjointed chapters that eschew timelines and zigzag among subjects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

Don’t zigzag from incident to incident or from regret to regret.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

She climbed up on the rail fence and followed its zigzag course until she disappeared in the darkness.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

The chronological installation begins with Evans’s first two pen-and-ink drawings from about 1935: abstract radiating eyes, spirals, zigzags and squiggles—feverish doodles resembling ancient pictographic narratives set down in a trance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“It would be an arrogant thing to think we’re alone,” she says as the black SUV she’s sitting in zigzags through Midtown Manhattan traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Their filmography zigzags between thrillers and comedies, lean exercises and awards heavyweights, never making the same movie twice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

This new display wanders back and forth across the Alps, zigzags off-piste, and in a few places jumps into the modern age.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

Jamie runs his finger around the sand, making figure eights and messy zigzags.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

From Levin's quiet street, the concrete border wall zigzagged up the ridge overlooking Shlomi.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Bill Callahan’s past few records have zigzagged between third-person narrative and personal reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

A near-standing ovation and huge roar greeted Nadal, while the familiar pre-match foibles - aligning his water bottles, box jumps at the net and zigzagged sprint to the baseline - were also lapped up.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024

On Thursday afternoon, delivery trucks and cars zigzagged around unidentifiable heaps of twisted metal and fabric left in the street, as trains roared by and a helicopter circled overhead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

They zigzagged across the park in blinding flashes, illuminating the terrified faces of poxies and demons alike.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Charles McQuarn, 77, said traversing the neighborhood means zigzagging around all the hazards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026

Hundreds of fans flooded on to the pitch in ecstasy, zigzagging around, arms aloft.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Lehmann said the whale was "zigzagging" in the water and could become stranded again.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

The computer plays itself quietly, lighting up in measured, zigzagging rows until one or two players take up the controllers, which operate the game’s so-called paddles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Mario walked up and down the narrow, curving streets, zigzagging across them so he could look in the windows on both sides.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden


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