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swerve

[swurv] / swɜrv /


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Ford’s “iconic” swerve: CEO Jim Farley is culling the automaker’s broad lineup of often “boring” models to focus on the “iconic vehicle” business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The views were spectacular, if you had the guts to swerve your eyes from the white-knuckling road.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

But things can just swerve health-wise—well, anytime in life, but especially for octogenarians.

From Slate Jun. 14, 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

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

And so what happens on a day-to-day basis, there are enormous swerves in what one should expect for the United States in particular.

From Slate Mar. 11, 2026

One section swerves into the ratification of the Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate-boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

He headed toward a schoolyard but when he spotted kids, he swerved and crash-landed into a tree.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 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

The bus swerved to avoid her, meaning she was not seriously injured.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Shoemaker swerved right off the 210 and rolled his Ford Bronco down the embankment, about three stories high, and onto the 57 freeway.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2026

A car swerved around them, and another, before someone finally stopped and waved them ahead.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Given his track record as a pop hitmaker, it was reasonable to wonder if Ms. Bridgers might be swerving toward the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

And Alonzo’s Anne and Zach Trent’s Skateboard Fenton, the young lovers swerving around parental obstacles, are a delightful throwback to those gaga California kids from the age of “Gidget.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Images circulating on social media showed the truck performing a wheelie before swerving off the track and crashing into the barriers separating the public from the track.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

He was seen earlier veering into the grass verge of the eastbound carriageway between junctions 6 and 5, as well as swerving between lanes.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

I imagine myself trying to eat while swooping and swerving inside the transporter.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott




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