lunge
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Devlin's night ended with a deserved red card for a ridiculous and entirely needless lunge that fried the brain.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Competitors ski, push and pull sleds, row, burpee, lunge and throw heavy medicine balls at a target in an effort to finish in the fastest time.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Witnesses have said he did not lunge at officers or pose an immediate threat.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2026
Johnson was sent off in the second half when his lunge on Marcos Lopez was upgraded from a booking to a red card after VAR intervened.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
When she made a lunge to snatch the letter from her mother, she found not only her brother but the two policemen in her way.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
On that night, in Kansas City, Messi lunged for a ball and raked his studs on the calf of an Algerian defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
When the line beckoned, Toomaga-Allen lunged and scored.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
He lunged for The Way to Rio Luna, but the man was too tall and held the copy up in the air.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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
The finish was epitomized in the final minutes when, leading by five, Smart had a lunging, slapping steal before throwing a perfect bounce pass to a driving James, who finished with a dunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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
Bull said, lunging at a piece of bacon.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
An African bullfrog lunges for a babul butterfly but misses.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Doing deep squats or lunges with poor form can put unnecessary strain on your knee joint.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
It could involve kettle bells, dumbbells, walking lunges, pull ups, squatting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Their names, Amazon and Achillia, are etched into a blocky platform, where they stand in stark lunges.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
It lets out an earthshaking roar, then lunges toward the closest player.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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