lurch
Example Sentences
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As imports are disrupted, India has moved to ensure households and essential sectors remain adequately supplied, leaving restaurants, manufacturers and power plants in the lurch.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Developers and investors are hesitant to schedule a spot on a factory line if that factory’s bankruptcy will leave them in the lurch.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
He said that his family feel "left in the lurch" and described the experience like being in "purgatory".
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025
Instead it lends, lends, lends—to economies already so heavily indebted that they lurch from one fiscal and financial crisis to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
With an awkward lurch of her arm, she jabbed the rod forward.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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