lunge
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Fearing for his passengers, he made a desperate lunge and opened the cockpit door, allowing rescuers to burst in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Quins' Tyrone Green made what he thought would be a scoring pass to Oscar Beard, only for Bath full-back Santi Carreras to lunge foot-first between the two.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Receivers who lunge and cradle in the air have nowhere to go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Witnesses have said he did not lunge at officers or pose an immediate threat.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
Akmon was wearing Leo’s tool belt—he was so close that Leo had to resist the urge to lunge for it.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Jeffrey Maier, a 12-year-old Yankees fan, lunged over the fence and deflected the ball into the seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Elsewhere, a staff member lunged towards a toddler-sized robot in a T-shirt that threatened to knock into a human child.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He lunged at Cosmo, who didn’t even flinch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
On that night, in Kansas City, Messi lunged for a ball and raked his studs on the calf of an Algerian defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Akhlys lunged at Percy, and for a split second he thought: Well, hey, I’m just smoke.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Kai Havertz made a lunging tackle from behind on Lesley Ugochukwu, with the Arsenal player only shown a yellow card.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
She posted a video of herself squatting with heavy weights and lunging on the knee, protected by a brace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
With the game still scoreless in the 29th minute, Romero -- who has been vocal in his criticism of Tottenham's owners lately -- was dismissed after lunging in to catch Casemiro on the ankle.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
For Safdie, that process entails going to a vulnerable place with his composer, lunging for the feelings as best he can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
They could overtake flying fish if they were just behind them and lunging from the water at the same time and in the same direction.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
An African bullfrog lunges for a babul butterfly but misses.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Strength training included exercises using weights or body weight, such as press ups, squats, and lunges.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
But when she sees another dog, everything changes: she snarls, barks loud enough to startle a city block, and lunges with so much force it takes all my strength to hold her back.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
She wears an 18-pound vest while doing lunges and push-ups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2025
These were plyometric exercises, like jumps and lateral lunges that Keeth said, with repetition, would help increase my explosiveness and foot speed.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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