as in weaved
to move suddenly aside or to and fro
jinking here and there with remarkable agility, the thieving urchin frustrated all attempts to catch him
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The second time her video captured the boat, the man had ducked down below, almost as if to hide from the camera.—
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Gardner ducked under the dark cloth and focused the image on the ground glass of his camera.—
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“Jinked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinked. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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