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as in to veer
to depart abruptly from a straight line or course
the car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road
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as in to bend
to cause to turn away from a straight line
a dog dashed out in front of me and made me swerve my bike to one side of the bike path
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Recent Examples of swerve
Unlike Magazine Dreams, the modest but satisfying Test avoids the lurid descent into violent psychodrama that swerved into hallucinatory Taxi Driver territory and undercut that film’s integrity.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
O’Neil swerved to avoid the door, but still made contact with it and was thrown to the street, sources said, where the driver of a semitruck ran him over.
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Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The two drivers had been swerving between lanes and brake-checking each other before the confrontation, police said.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
15 June 2026
The bad news for The Bold And The Beautiful and The Young & The Restless fans is that no talent from those series will cross over to Hollywood Starlet, but Bell said the vertical series will capture the spirit of those shows, in turn swerving some less savory elements in some microdrama.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
O’Neil swerved to avoid the door, but still made contact with it and was thrown to the street, sources said, where the driver of a semitruck ran him over.
—
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The two drivers had been swerving between lanes and brake-checking each other before the confrontation, police said.
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Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
15 June 2026
The bad news for The Bold And The Beautiful and The Young & The Restless fans is that no talent from those series will cross over to Hollywood Starlet, but Bell said the vertical series will capture the spirit of those shows, in turn swerving some less savory elements in some microdrama.
—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swerve
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The underlying whiskey blend shows its character with some herbaceousness, with touches of barrel char, cocoa powder, and rye-forward spice to keep things from veering too much into luscious fruity territory.
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However, while making his ascent, the experienced hiker veered off the trail and ultimately slipped and fell to his death.
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Prep with a lightweight blowout cream and use a large round brush to create lift at the roots while keeping the ends smooth and softly curved.
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The tracks where the train derailed are on a curving section of a bridge over the Grand Calumet River.
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Marathon is going to start bending over backward to attract new players, but it was never supposed to.
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Cat care also has a physical component, including bending to scoop litter and navigating a pet that can sometimes get underfoot, creating a fall risk.
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The final point is that markets often deviate from rewarding the long-term drivers of stock performance, like valuation and quality, which makes sticking with a winning formula very difficult.
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The one state that deviated from this was Kentucky, which chose red velvet as its favorite cake.
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Bud had the whopper hooked with one hook of a treble behind a small gold spoon.
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The brain benefits keeping players hooked Mahjong’s appeal isn’t only sentimental.
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By building circuits whose states naturally fluctuate with this environmental heat, thermodynamic computing turns an otherwise stochastic and chaotic feature of nature into an incredibly fast, ultra-low-energy calculator.
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Lestat is basically in Hell; having turned Nicky, he is now forever severed from him mentally, while Nicky’s mental state continues to deteriorate.
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The ceiling is arched and lined with skylights to allow for light in walkway.
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The branches arch as the plant ages.
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Any behavior requires a coordinated action across the brain—swing a baseball bat, complete a math problem—and the more the action is repeated, the more the associated neural pathways will strengthen.
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Ryan returned the favor in the fourth, getting Dalton Rushing, Freeland and Ohtani to all swing and miss.
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“Swerve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swerve. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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