jag

Example Sentences

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Since its buying jag began, the company has filed suit in federal court against a group of families the firm purchased property from, seeking $510 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Here’s another one for the “Kendall can’t stand to see his family get bullied” file: When Mencken makes fun of Roman’s crying jag, Kendall immediately shuts that joke down.

From New York Times • May 21, 2023

For a moment, I wondered whether there might be some new subtlety in nuclear-deterrence strategy, or some strange jag in Russian military thinking, that might rebut my conclusion.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2023

When state lawmakers gathered this past week to fight about guns, they ended up going off on a jag about something else entirely:

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

For several days she was on a laughing jag.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli