lunge
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"So we then watched it blowing, quite far out, and slowly moved towards the area where there was lots of feeding going on because sometimes you can see whales lunge feeding."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Fearing for his passengers, he made a desperate lunge and opened the cockpit door, allowing rescuers to burst in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Witnesses have said he did not lunge at officers or pose an immediate threat.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
Griezmann grabbed his second with 10 minutes remaining after Ryan denied Julian Alvarez but the loose ball sat up nicely for the French forward to lunge in and turn over the line.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
The latter was cutting the lead down with every lunge.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Brewers reliever JoJo Romero threw him one low and away in Game 2, and Ohtani lost his bat as he lunged to make contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Elsewhere, a staff member lunged towards a toddler-sized robot in a T-shirt that threatened to knock into a human child.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
He lunged at Cosmo, who didn’t even flinch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Teacher Vicki Williams previously told the court the boy followed her into a classroom to ask her for help with his history work and then "lunged" at her.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Boaz lunged toward Ashmodai, and Clara ran down the aisle, intending to stop him.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The ball ricocheted off its intended course, but Rojas nabbed it with his bare hand, throwing it to first where a lunging Freeman caught it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Kai Havertz made a lunging tackle from behind on Lesley Ugochukwu, with the Arsenal player only shown a yellow card.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
She posted a video of herself doing squats with heavy weight and lunging on the knee, protected by a brace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
With the game still scoreless in the 29th minute, Romero -- who has been vocal in his criticism of Tottenham's owners lately -- was dismissed after lunging in to catch Casemiro on the ankle.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
There was a swirl of lunging leathery wings, and a malevolent yowk-yowk-yowk resounding in the snowy courtyard.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
An African bullfrog lunges for a babul butterfly but misses.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Strength training included exercises using weights or body weight, such as press ups, squats, and lunges.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
It’s why Carson Zone is at the gym every Monday and Friday, grunting into weighted hip thrusts and pushing through heavy staggered lunges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
But it doesn’t matter, just grab your best tight denim and thick leatherware and enter Club Bahia’s famed “Summer in Van Nuys Room,” for a night of pure heat, lunges and Nama-staying hydrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
When the cat sees me coming, he lunges at the door.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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