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Recent Examples of lunges
Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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
In response, the bear turns around and lunges twice at the man harassing it, scaring the human off before causing any physical harm.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Then began the slow process of reactivating her leg muscles, like her quads and glutes, first by just flexing them while seated, next involving resistance bands and eventually isometric moves like wall sits and lunges.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
At 38, Mike McCastle, a performance coach from Las Vegas, recently completed one of his most demanding challenges — walking lunges for over four miles across Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The person in the video then turns back, briefly lifts their sideline flag, and lunges at the student, sending the student tumbling over the bench.
—Dylan Jespersen, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Roser also recommends wearing these vests for moves where having weights in your hands is challenging, such as side lunges, side squats, and sumo squats.
—Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 7 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Then, Peter lunges.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
To try out lateral lunges, begin with your feet together.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
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
In response, the bear turns around and lunges twice at the man harassing it, scaring the human off before causing any physical harm.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
Then began the slow process of reactivating her leg muscles, like her quads and glutes, first by just flexing them while seated, next involving resistance bands and eventually isometric moves like wall sits and lunges.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
At 38, Mike McCastle, a performance coach from Las Vegas, recently completed one of his most demanding challenges — walking lunges for over four miles across Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The person in the video then turns back, briefly lifts their sideline flag, and lunges at the student, sending the student tumbling over the bench.
—Dylan Jespersen, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Roser also recommends wearing these vests for moves where having weights in your hands is challenging, such as side lunges, side squats, and sumo squats.
—Jessie Quinn, Flow Space, 7 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Then, Peter lunges.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunges
Noun
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For the most part, the Foodie Boyz’ jokes and jabs are lighthearted.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Parents,
3 Nov. 2025
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Lyra Valkyria, Nikki Bella, Bayley, and Dupri were all targets of her verbal jabs.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That plunges her into dreamlike visions on Mita, a sinister entity feeding on her pain.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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While the filmmaker’s first nine movies were modestly budgeted — see Inherent Vice (2014) or Hard Eight (1996) — the $140 million One Battle, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, plunges Anderson into franchise-like economics.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Punch Makes a Comeback Exotic and nostalgic punches are taking center stage in home entertaining, offering both visual appeal and easy service.—
Colleen Sullivan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Jan. 2026
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The humanoid performs spins, punches, one-legged stances, rapid kicks, and low sweeps, then transitions into aerobatic sequences.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Most earthquakes occur along subduction zones, where the Indo-Australian Plate dives beneath the Eurasian Plate.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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In the below interview, Lockhart dives further into differentiating the stories, connecting the dots with very specific references to both books set on Beechwood Island, and where the hope lies in her newest novel, now out in bookstores.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Lunges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunges. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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