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veered
verb as in change direction
Example Sentences
Youth quarterbacks, once resigned to handing off out of the veer or I-formation, now start lining up in shotgun in Pop Warner.
One of his first touches was a close-range threat that deflected off a defender and veered wide.
Generally, these people are selected for their loyalty to their party, so it’s rare that they veer from that path.
The fabled Coast Highway had to veer inland between Fort Bragg and Eureka, leaving a pristine Lost Coast of 80 miles, 25 of which are blissfully hikeable.
Though the hearing was supposed to focus on Section 230, senators often veered off topic to discuss other issues including data privacy, antitrust, and political ads.
But the car roared away, the driver so desperate to escape that he veered into oncoming traffic.
“It was as though she had veered, accidentally, into her own life,” writes Shields elsewhere.
Kerry stuck mostly to his script, but veered off at times, as he often does.
A Metro-North train veered off the tracks in New York City, stopping just short of falling into water.
In a frantic effort to mobilize supporters, the Democrats abruptly veered toward more populist economics.
The conversation began with national politics, swung to crops, and veered finally to the subject of investments.
Valeria, with her wonted capriciousness, veered round in defence of the institution that she had been just jeering at.
Reef-tackles were ready to pull earings down, but the breeze veered to the east north-east and did not harden.
Of course there were periods in which her mind veered round.
When she heard the circular read, the wind veered from another quarter altogether.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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