lurch
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Treasury yields continued to lurch higher — helping to put more pressure on stocks, which struggled during the first trading session of the week.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"We are left in the lurch, without any money, any means of support, just only the scars from the war," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
They overlook that those payouts were often skimpy, many workers didn’t get the benefit, and companies that went bust left retirees in the lurch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The risk now is of a long, attritional permacrisis that will lurch in and out of outright conflict.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
The citadel’s sickening lurch, the helpless silk-on-mesarthium glide down the seraph’s slick palm, flailing wildly for something to hold on to and finding nothing, and then...falling.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Congress has yet to seriously discuss solutions to the program’s financing issues, but as Social Security lurches toward insolvency in the coming years, legislators may be forced to start deliberations soon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
At this point, Mr. Dessner’s instantly identifiable studio techniques—stately pianos, dry and uninflected recordings captured up close, rushing builds when a song lurches toward a climax—have become shopworn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A few minutes later, the SUV lurches forward, then drives slowly down the street.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Will then lurches into a tut-tutting recapitulation of the French army chief of staff’s public statement that his nation’s people must accept the risk of losing their children to protect France from an unnamed aggressor.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
Viola lurches back but she don’t let go and I go tumbling into the boat on top of her.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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But newer signs of pricing pressure have emerged: Gas prices have lurched higher in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Watkins' departure to Al-Hilal - which lurched between acrimonious and emotional - has left Villa without their best attacking outlet.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Wembanyama lurched forward, toppled and slammed the right side of his face on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ever since the Covid pandemic exposed the fragility of global supply chains, the shipping industry has lurched from one market-disrupting event to another.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Her stomach lurched as she leaped from the ledge and into the stars, praying they’d catch her as she fell.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The slinky, lurching “Husbands,” “Islands of Men” and frantic “Bow Down” sounded meaner and more electric than on the record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Maybe this is what the Chargers are — lurching, sputtering and unable to consistently move the football, despite an offensive overhaul packed with lofty expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Global financial markets might look like they are lurching from one problem to the next.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Yet lurching drops in some recent sessions betray investors’ underlying jitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
As I fumbled to unlock my door, I glanced back, half-certain I’d find her lurching down the hall behind me.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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