lurching

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

He expects 1% gross-domestic-product growth next year, lurching progress after three years of recession and stagnation.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Whichever, we’re lurching, and afterward trying to understand our own logic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Elordi has adopted one or two of Karloff’s mannerisms: the arms outstretched in search of warmth, the lurching walk.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Then the dictator himself, a man who had spent the past two decades terrorizing his own people, spread out his arms and began lurching to the music.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin