swerve

During the 2010 tournament in South Africa, the 'Jabulani' became well known for its swerve, dip and drift, which was thought to have contributed to several long-range goals.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

I want to swerve here to talk about the word that keeps coming to mind when I look at the president’s leadership, and it is “mood.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Still, I’ve decided to simply embrace my butt, even with its quirky swerve.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

This was a hard swerve from Pittman’s inoffensive baseball posting from just a few weeks before.

From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2026

I swerve slightly to the right to avoid a series of large, jagged rocks that poke out from the sand.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

There are a number of weird swerves in this generous, if convoluted, offer from your relative.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

We should be so lucky to experience a film that swerves just when we think we’ve made up our minds.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Throw in a stricter whistle from referees, who are less inclined to award fouls when Harden swerves out of the way to draw contact, and basketball’s great machine goes haywire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

But the top of my crack, well, it swerves like it’s a freehand drawing done after a third martini.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

Peter swerves to the left, down another alley, this one full of cardboard boxes that contain frayed blankets and stained pillows—old factionless dwellings, I assume.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

His words have swerved through claims of victory to threats of annihilating Iranian civilisation to support for negotiations.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

And if they couldn’t stick to the center, they did the next best thing and swerved to the shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

But his stunning effort swerved ferociously and crashed into the top corner past Alisson's full-stretch dive.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Critics say the prime minister has swerved from one policy misstep to another during his 22 months at the helm.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

A driver coming through the intersection swerved his sedan sharply to keep from hitting the pickup.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

It was bad enough that Newcastle conceded an opener from a corner kick or that Nick Pope spilled Dwight McNeil's swerving shot to enable Beto to put away the rebound for Everton's second.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

Sometimes, a swerving behind can be a fortuitous red flag, signaling hidden spinal defects before expensive MRIs are required.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2026

Barcelona knew they needed to win to be confident of swerving the play-off round, but fell behind as early as the fourth minute.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

The course teaches basic skills like accelerating, turning, swerving and emergency braking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Head down, tail flying, the young dog gave' chase, swerving and turning in pursuit, but always the rabbit was just out of reach of his hungry jaws.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford