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yaw

verb as in temporarily swerve off coarse

verb as in swerve

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"The investigation found that, in the prevailing circumstances, the loss of yaw control was irrecoverable," it said in its final report on the crash.

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Lighter bullets travel faster and can tumble through bodies more easily, causing maximum damage as they yaw through flesh.

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Jackson is particularly proud of the clavicle, which can move forward and back as well as pitch, roll, and yaw.

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Eradicating yaws—a painful and disfiguring bacterial disease—may be harder than scientists hoped, a study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests.

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WHO first set up a campaign to wipe yaws off the face of Earth in the 1950s.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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