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Recent Examples of lunge
Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Distance-Increasing Signals: Behaviors such as lip licking, turning away, or stiffening, escalating to growling or lunging if ignored.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Jakob Roze, Health, 12 Aug. 2025
But after the woman caught her breath, Marshall made a second lunge for the woman but was stopped in his tracks by a stranger who tripped him up -- sending him flying headfirst onto the ground.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
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Noun
The senator then lunged at the gunman and was shot nine times.
—Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Distance-Increasing Signals: Behaviors such as lip licking, turning away, or stiffening, escalating to growling or lunging if ignored.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Verb
Walking lunges are a dynamic (active) movement that challenges your leg muscles and your stability and coordination.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 12 Aug. 2025
But after the woman caught her breath, Marshall made a second lunge for the woman but was stopped in his tracks by a stranger who tripped him up -- sending him flying headfirst onto the ground.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunge
Noun
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Putin invokes ‘root causes’ of war, jabs Trump foe Biden For a television president who regularly fields questions from reporters, Trump’s quick exit after the meeting was abnormal.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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The chancellor’s jabs towards the EU reflect this political tension, as well as the domestic political issues Merz is battling with, Fleck said.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Given these areas once held water, scientists are eager to dive into their past to see what the environmental conditions of early Mars could have been like.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Increasingly, hospitals are diving into the world of R&D and creating new tools and systems to make medical care even better.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Hollywood loves a polarizing star with a merciless marketing punch that sells.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Nami’s version is topped with spicy slaw and tonkatsu sauce, often compared to Worcestershire with an extra sweet and tangy punch of flavor.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The eviction notice has plunged his future into uncertainty.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Filmed on 16mm Kodak Ektachrome across a non-stop 45 day shoot, Petersen expands her exploration of mysticism and disappearance in southernmost Argentina – plunging head-first into a father-daughter relationship upended in the sleepy mountains of Tierra del Fuego.—
Jason Liwag,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Lunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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