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zigzag

[zig-zag] / ˈzɪgˌzæg /


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The development and adoption of AI may not go straight from point A to point B. It may very well zigzag, just as the internet economy did.

From Barron's Dec. 24, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—It was like a scene out of a movie: a pair of white Jaguars zipping through a two-lane tunnel, changing lanes at the same time in a zigzag formation.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

Don’t zigzag from incident to incident or from regret to regret.

From MarketWatch Dec. 2, 2025

Police cars formed a zigzag in the driveway.

From Salon May 29, 2025

She climbed up on the rail fence and followed its zigzag course until she disappeared in the darkness.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

But Jewan concealed an anti-colonial streak and Sikh activists gathered to talk rebellion at a retreat he built on the Ravi River, which zigzags across what is now the restive border between Pakistan and India.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

Their filmography zigzags between thrillers and comedies, lean exercises and awards heavyweights, never making the same movie twice.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2025

We are hardly the first generation of women to know in our bones that progress comes in zigzags and waves, and occasional backlash.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2023

Every ten feet, red and blue flags jutted up from the Styrofoam snow, and zigzags of black ribbon denoted hidden crevasses.

From Salon May 29, 2023

The crowd parts, and this brown-skinned boy with zigzags cut into his hair makes his way toward the Ring.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

From Levin's quiet street, the concrete border wall zigzagged up the ridge overlooking Shlomi.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

But instead of moving quickly in a straight line, as instructed, the men moved slowly and zigzagged through the forest to avoid leaving a clear trail.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

He turned into a global superstar on screen, but in reality a career that began at Millwall zigzagged through Plymouth, Wrexham and Scandinavia before injury forced his retirement aged 29.

From BBC May 5, 2026

On Day 5, shortly after the backyard sprinklers stopped their cycle, a single squirrel tentatively zigzagged across the yard bound for the bird feeder.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2024

Sparks lifted up from the fire like tiny orange insects, zigzagged into the air, and vanished.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

In the southern Athens seaside suburb of Glyfada, a pensioner struggles to cross an avenue with her shopping trolley, zigzagging between cars stuck in traffic.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Hundreds of fans flooded on to the pitch in ecstasy, zigzagging around, arms aloft.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

The zigzagging has amplified industry worries about inconsistent signals from the agency.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

This is his Pynchoniad, a zigzagging epic of America and the world through our bloodiest, most shameful hundred years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

They slipped out of the kitchen and down a narrow passage-way to an uneven staircase, which wound its way, zigzagging up through the house.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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