jag

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Recent Examples of jag That’s how music became the unofficial theme of our India jag and an enduring source of fascination for him. Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025 On Rogan, Cooper went on a jag essentially about how he was not given free rein to empathize with Nazis and how antisemites were being unfairly banished from the public square. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The guard said 'stand right here' and the Queen came by driving herself home from church in her jag [Jaguar car]. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 There’s the deep sea portion—the Davy Jones’ Locker realm where only top-secret missions and movie directors on submarine jags dare venture. IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2024 Trump appears to go on posting jags, sometimes well after midnight, rattling off Truths multiple times a minute. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024 Since its buying jag began, the company has filed suit in federal court against a group of families the firm purchased property from, seeking $510 million. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023 One bear, on a jag this spring, broke into multiple unlocked vehicles. Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023 Alcohol exacerbated Brian’s fragile disposition — leading to tantrums, meltdowns, car crashes, and crying jags. Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jag
Noun
  • In 2014, Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning the gun on himself.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Masdar is on a acquisition spree, and must add about 200 megawatts of capacity each week to reach its target of a 100-gigawatt global portfolio by 2030.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply-chain disruptions contributed to a 25% spike in import prices (see chart).
    Nick Sargen, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Streaming, with its binge model and personal-device availability, made viewing increasingly less about a family or group of friends gathering around a flat-screen and more about everyone balancing their laptop on their stomachs or hunching over their phones.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
  • Netflix shows can do the same thing even with a binge model — but Pulse simply isn’t the same kind of big, showy event series as a Wednesday or Squid Game or even Department Q.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Hazards such as stump holes, ash pits, and hazard trees (snags) are still present within the burn area.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
  • The Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that a transaction could be finalized in the coming weeks, barring any last-minute snags.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Make poems using magazines, photos, stickers, colored paper and anything else that inspires you.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • Rule 1: no foreign flags or Spanish-language stickers or advertisements on the car.
    Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • There is no chance Serge Gnabry (30 next week) will depart in the current window, but his contract is on course to expire at the end of the coming season and the odds, currently, are against a renewal.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • President Trump's signature legislative achievement is billed as a national renewal project.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The broad fork, a big garden fork with very heavy tines that sink into and lift soil, is another tool that's used to turn soil.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2025
  • The piece was created using a process called knapping in which a tool like an antler tine would be used to gradually remove small flakes from the larger flint piece until it was shaped, archaeologists said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As the power pair traded barbs on social media, Musk asserted Trump would never release the Epstein files because he was named within them.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 9 July 2025
  • The pair have traded barbs online since Musk first criticized the price tag of Trump’s spending and policy bill, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

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“Jag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jag. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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