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lurching





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Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

On the other hand, it has been hard to ignore the lurching price of oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Since then, the start of a war in Iran has sent global stock markets lurching lower.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo’s chief executive, acknowledges the risks of lurching into an unknowable future, but tells the author that “the risk of not going fast enough is far greater at this point.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

He helps me up and holds my hand, and the room keeps lurching, but I end up in a chair somehow.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli




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