jerk around

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Recent Examples of jerk around Those afflicted would tremble and jerk around, lose the ability to stand or swallow, and, after many months of slow suffering, die. David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 The view of his phone camera jerks around, points up to the sky and captures a glimpse of his masked face. Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 13 Jan. 2026 Ciri gets a bit more agency and backbone, a welcome evolution for a character who has been jerked around by the plot, her allies and her enemies for too long. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 And that’s not even taking into consideration the continual jerking around of Busy Philipps. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 July 2025 He was locked up to be a franchise player, and franchise players aren’t typically jerked around like that. Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 18 June 2025 The shocking news out of this summer’s Olympic break-dancing competition in Paris wasn’t that a female Australian competitor had hopped and jerked around like Uma Thurman being revived from a drug coma in Pulp Fiction. Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jerk around
Verb
  • In virtually every practice, Rodgers gives the young quarterbacks a small piece of information — how to throw the ball on the run, how to carry out play-action, how to manipulate defenders with their eyes.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • New tools in neuroscience have allowed researchers to manipulate the activity of specific neurons in mice brains.
    Danny G. Winder, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Researchers have developed a new vision algorithm that lets humanoid robots perceive depth more like humans, using two forward-facing eyes.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, The Financial Times appended a note to a guest column after readers questioned whether it was written using AI.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Robinson was originally convicted of one felony count of human trafficking and one felony count of pimping in November 2023 for allegedly trafficking a 22-year-old woman against her will, prosecutors said.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Lake recalled Manson allegedly pimping her and the other women and girls in his cult to other adult men and brutally sodomizing her.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • By contrast, Meta Platforms has strengthened its core advertising business and boosted user engagement across Facebook and Instagram platforms by leveraging AI models.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Agent of Change award is bestowed on artists who leverage their platform to transform communities and inspire new generations.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Creative labor certainly seems to be disappearing as studios experiment with generative AI, and artists and craftspeople are rightly afraid of being further mistreated, devalued, or replaced.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Riddle says misdiagnosing and mistreating postpartum psychosis can have adverse effects on patients.
    Louisa Moller, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The City Council instructed the city attorney to regulate phenibut, a drug that’s available at gas stations and being abused as a nervous system depressant.
    Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending their relationship with Flock, largely over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool.
    Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Jerk around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerk%20around. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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