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veering

NOUN
swerve
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He can bounce from topic to topic during any speaking engagement, veering off the script and then returning to the matter at hand.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

What surprised me—delighted me, in fact—is that this ended up not only being not bad but actually veering toward good.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

Alongside the retaliation, however, Beijing signaled it still wants to prevent bilateral relations from veering off track.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Now with life expectancy near 80 and many Americans living even longer than that, the program is veering toward insolvency.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

He just kept getting tangled in Alex’s legs and then veering off to sniff around benches and dig inside trash barrels.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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