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
They passed a family whose kids turned, giggling, to watch Jamie lunge down the street.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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
In November 2025, Beatriz Ziegenfus told authorities that she was passing the dog and his owner when it lunged at her and bit her on her right forearm, knocking her down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Shortly after Lowry lunged towards the fan on the 10th tee, one of these reminders was booed by the American fans around the 11th green.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
He adopted the classic squat, lunged forward and smashed into a substantial belly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2025
Laughing, Torak lunged for him, but Wolf dodged out of his reach, then spun round in mid-air and bowed down with his tail curled over his back.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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
Anthony Gordon received a three-match ban for a lunging challenge on Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
She posted a video of herself squatting with heavy weights and lunging on the knee, protected by a brace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The boys started splashing and lunging at one another.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
He has them doing hip thrusts, banded side lunges, goblet curtsy squats and cable kickbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
The dream lunges at me a few seconds after I open my eyes and I see the woman, the words, and the title again.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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