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zigzag

[zig-zag] / ˈzɪgˌzæg /


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It is housed in a zigzag building of titanium zinc—a striking Berlin landmark that draws thousands of tourists for the architecture alone—designed by Daniel Libeskind, an American architect of Polish-Jewish extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

The development and adoption of AI may not go straight from point A to point B. It may very well zigzag, just as the internet economy did.

From Barron's Dec. 24, 2025

Court transcripts, transcripts of conversations Nuzzi’s had with other reporters and snapshots of a D.C. politico’s high life collide with one another in disjointed chapters that eschew timelines and zigzag among subjects.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

Don’t zigzag from incident to incident or from regret to regret.

From MarketWatch Dec. 2, 2025

A day ago, above the zigzag rooftops, the cathedral spire pointed straight up, higher than everything else.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

“We’ve done a lot of zigzags, some very painful, some hard but joyful,” Bancel said in an interview the day after the results were announced.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

A former Marine, Puerta now zigzags the nation sharing his son’s story.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2025

We are hardly the first generation of women to know in our bones that progress comes in zigzags and waves, and occasional backlash.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2023

Every ten feet, red and blue flags jutted up from the Styrofoam snow, and zigzags of black ribbon denoted hidden crevasses.

From Salon May 29, 2023

At Alexander’s signal, they started tracking, moving in zigzags and ever-widening circles with their noses first to the ground, and then lifted high in the air.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

From Levin's quiet street, the concrete border wall zigzagged up the ridge overlooking Shlomi.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

Shares in Beyond Meat zigzagged from under $2 at the end of September to a low of 52 cents on Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

On Day 5, shortly after the backyard sprinklers stopped their cycle, a single squirrel tentatively zigzagged across the yard bound for the bird feeder.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2024

A near-standing ovation and huge roar greeted Nadal, while the familiar pre-match foibles - aligning his water bottles, box jumps at the net and zigzagged sprint to the baseline - were also lapped up.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2024

As the curses came shooting across the intervening space again, Hagrid swerved and zigzagged: Harry knew that Hagrid did not dare use the dragon-fire button again, with Harry seated so insecurely.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Some artists confronting the physical limitations that come with age pivot to a residency model rather than zigzagging from city to city.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Hundreds of fans flooded on to the pitch in ecstasy, zigzagging around, arms aloft.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

Lehmann said the whale was "zigzagging" in the water and could become stranded again.

From Barron's Mar. 27, 2026

He moved over to an appliance that looked like a stove but with metal zigzagging across the top instead of the usual burners.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

The canoes traveled steadily, zigzagging along the bends in the river.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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