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swerve

[swurv] / swɜrv /


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Ford’s “iconic” swerve: CEO Jim Farley is culling the automaker’s broad lineup of often “boring” models to focus on the “iconic vehicle” business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The views were spectacular, if you had the guts to swerve your eyes from the white-knuckling road.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

I want to swerve here to talk about the word that keeps coming to mind when I look at the president’s leadership, and it is “mood.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

This was a hard swerve from Pittman’s inoffensive baseball posting from just a few weeks before.

From Slate Jan. 22, 2026

Plus, of no small significance, Kaiserman said he’d seen the Chevy swerve several times prior to the crash.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

There are a number of weird swerves in this generous, if convoluted, offer from your relative.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

We should be so lucky to experience a film that swerves just when we think we’ve made up our minds.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

But the top of my crack, well, it swerves like it’s a freehand drawing done after a third martini.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2026

Like the time Gabriel spends in Faith’s company, “The Predicament” is full of “sparks and kicks and swerves and percussions.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

She sits in the park, watching the kids play and the skate-boarders do their tricks and swerves at the skate bowl.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

His words have swerved through claims of victory to threats of annihilating Iranian civilisation to support for negotiations.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Critics say the prime minister has swerved from one policy misstep to another during his 22 months at the helm.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

It said Wilburn “likely recognized the Tesla as a hazard” about a second before the crash, at which point he swerved his steering wheel to the right and applied the brakes.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Clayton testified that Erickson told him that he and Grossman were “flying down” Triunfo Canyon Road when he swerved to avoid two boys in the crosswalk.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Sierra stormed directly into their midst, watching with satisfaction as they swerved out of her way.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Given his track record as a pop hitmaker, it was reasonable to wonder if Ms. Bridgers might be swerving toward the mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

And Alonzo’s Anne and Zach Trent’s Skateboard Fenton, the young lovers swerving around parental obstacles, are a delightful throwback to those gaga California kids from the age of “Gidget.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Images circulating on social media showed the truck performing a wheelie before swerving off the track and crashing into the barriers separating the public from the track.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

It was bad enough that Newcastle conceded an opener from a corner kick or that Nick Pope spilled Dwight McNeil's swerving shot to enable Beto to put away the rebound for Everton's second.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

The young dog sprang after, drenching the other two, and they watched the chase—the rabbit’s head up, the dog’s down, linked in a swerving, leaping rhythm of almost balletlike precision—until it disappeared among the trees.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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