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Recent Examples of lunge
Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Bend both knees to 90 degrees to lower down in the lunge.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
David Ward labored to haul a hoop net toward the middle of the Little Colorado River in mid-May, each step requiring him to lunge upward and forward to free a leg from the knee-deep mud of the riverbed.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Noun
With all its starts and stops, twists and turns, reaches and lunges, pickleball is busting the Medicare bank, with a few hundred million dollars’ worth of injuries each year.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Bend both knees to 90 degrees to lower down in the lunge.
—Jenny McCoy, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
Verb
Things then turned violent when someone tried to lunge at Black as marshals walked him out of the courtroom, leading to a skirmish appearing to involve about a dozen people.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
David Ward labored to haul a hoop net toward the middle of the Little Colorado River in mid-May, each step requiring him to lunge upward and forward to free a leg from the knee-deep mud of the riverbed.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunge
Noun
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The Chicago Cubs started the fall with some jabs, signing a handful of relievers to create a deeper bullpen.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The pediatricians’ group also continues to recommend the long-standing practice of a single shot combining the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and varicella vaccines in order to limit the number of jabs children get.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sky tried to dive onto Big Sexy Raquel, but Rodriguez caught her and hit a power bomb on the outside.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Since then, fans have been looking for more ways to dive into their obsession over the love story between fictional hockey stars Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The punch struck him in the ear, an arrest warrant says.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Hawks will take the gut punch of a lesson in stride.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The cybersecurity solutions provider has plunged 16% in the past year.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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How to keep pipes from freezing As the arctic cold front brings plunging temperatures across Texas this weekend, freeze warnings are likely.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Lunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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