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veering

NOUN
swerve
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Veering from an antic comedic edge to terrifyingly vivid and tender emotions, Arkin captures the head-spinning absurdity of trying to maintain one’s dignity, sanity and humanity amid the regimented indignities of the military mindset.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Veering north onto Second Avenue, I got my first glimpse of the top of the Space Needle hovering at the end of a canyon of high-rises.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2019

Veering from this policy is supposed to require either the before-the-fact approval of a higher-up, or emergency circumstances.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2017

Veering away from the lumbering Great American Novel and toward the sleeker countercultural or European narrative is the eyewear company Warby Parker.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2014

Veering seemed a private act, something to both savor and sometimes dread alone.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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