jukes

present tense third-person singular of juke
as in evades
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement juked defenders with a series of spin moves and picked up 15 yards on the running play

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Recent Examples of jukes Jackson then jukes a would-be tackler and makes it to the edge for a 22-yard gain. Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 22 Nov. 2025
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  • Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
  • And though bound together as one 10-county region, the Hudson Valley actively evades a uniform identity.
    Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
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  • Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • Lionel Messi rebounds his own miss and dodges three Austrian defenders with a sliding second goal in stoppage time to put the exclamation mark on an historic performance for him and Argentina today in Arlington.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026

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“Jukes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jukes. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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