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Recent Examples of lunge
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
At the beach, the routine starts with a practice known as lunging, in which the horse travels in a circle around the groom’s rein handle in the shallows.
—Ana Sotelo, The Dial, 8 July 2025
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Wounding a character in such a blunt way could, in the hand of a middling fiction writer, feel like a cheap lunge at profundity.
—Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Jones allegedly lunged at the victim with a boxcutter, cutting him on the side of his face, cops said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025
At the beach, the routine starts with a practice known as lunging, in which the horse travels in a circle around the groom’s rein handle in the shallows.
—Ana Sotelo, The Dial, 8 July 2025
Verb
The right wing is going to parse the video looking for that lunge and saying Padilla was aggressive.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Wounding a character in such a blunt way could, in the hand of a middling fiction writer, feel like a cheap lunge at profundity.
—Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunge
Noun
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Round one was mellow, with both fighters appearing to get a feel of one another in the ring with some quick jabs and feet.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Minaj then followed up with another post taking jabs at both JAY-Z and Megan Thee Stallion.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
8 July 2025
Verb
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But yeah, just getting to dive deeper and learn more about each other’s upbringing and that sort of thing.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
15 July 2025
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Rogers did get some extra work in, though, delighting his AL teammates by attempting to dive to field an infield hit. 7.—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Lewis enters Saturday night with a 2-1 record over his last three fights, most recently having defeated Rodrigo Nascimento via TKO (punches).—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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This recipe gives a tropical punch to the buttery classic.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
Verb
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The Israeli military campaign against Hamas in Gaza has since killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to health officials, displaced almost the entire population and plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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Khloé Kardashian is spotted wearing a brown outfit with a plunging neckline and a chunky silver necklace while enjoying dinner in Malibu with Kris Jenner (not pictured).—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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“Lunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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